"He that comes to Christ cannot, it is true, always get on as fast as he would. Poor coming soul, thou art like the man that would ride full gallop whose horse will hardly trot. Now the desire of his mind is not to be judged of by the slow pace of the dull jade he rides on, but by the hitching and kicking and spurring as he sits on his back. Thy flesh is like this dull jade, it will not gallop after Christ, it will be backward though thy soul and heaven lie at stake." -John Bunyan-
12.19.2008
Sing (and when you do, sing about heaven a lot)
A unique way in which confidence in the Christian life can come is through congregations singing many hymns about heaven. To sing with others about our glorious future with God has three immediate affects on me: (1) God seems really big and lovely, (2) death seems really small, and thus (3) laying my life down for others through missionary labor seems reasonable.
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Sometime a light surprises
The Christian while he sings
It is the Lord who rises
With healing in His wings . . .
- William Cowper
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