Resolved, whenever I hear anything spoken in commendation of any person, if I think it would be praiseworthy in me, that I will endeavor to imitate it.
– Jonathan Edwards –
Character
The Purity of Gold – Amy Carmichael
The goldsmith never leaves his crucible once it has entered the fire. He periodically lifts out the gold, lets it cool, rubs it between his fingers, and if not satisfied puts it back … This time he blows the fire hotter than it was before, and each time he puts the gold back into the crucible, the heat of the fire is increased, “It could not bear it so hot at first, but it can bear it now; what would have destroyed it then helps it now.” “How do you know when the gold is purified?” we asked, and he answered, “When I can see my face in it, then it is pure.”
– Amy Carmichael –
from Gold Cord
A Test of Christian Character – Lester Roloff
A test of a Christian’s character is what he does after he comes to the blockade in the road and what his attitude is after everything has left him except Jesus. You will never know down here that Christ is all you need until Christ is all you have left. You will never be able to tell the world for sure that He will do in a crisis unless you learn how to live in a crisis.
– Lester Roloff –
How We Are Called to Speak – Oswald Chambers
When Paul mentions the matter of conversation, he says, “See that your speech is edifying”— good building-up stuff, not sanctimonious talk, but
– Oswald Chambers –
The Best is Yet to Be – Corrie ten Boom
When the worst happens in the life of a child of God the best remains, and the very best is yet to be.
– Corrie ten Boom –
Walking Through Difficulty, Obscurity, and Suffering – FB Meyer
We all need to go to Arabia to learn lessons like these. The Lord Himself was led up into the wilderness. And in one form or another, every soul who has done a great work in the world has passed through similar periods of obscurity, suffering, disappointment or solitude.
– FB Meyer –
1847-1929
Prayer Develops the Life of God In Us – Oswald Chambers
Prayer is not meant to develop us, but to develop the life of God in us after the new birth.
– Oswald Chambers –
Don’t Be Laughed Out of Your Religion – Thomas Watson
Better have men reproach you for being good, than have God damn you for being wicked. Be not laughed out of your religion. If a lame man laugh at you for walking upright, will you therefore limp?
– Thomas Watson –
from The Great Gain of Godliness, 1682
When You Are Alone – Unknown
You are what you are when you are alone!
– Unknown –