“Yet I still dare to hope when I remember this: The faithful love of the Lord never ends! His mercies never cease. Great is his faithfulness; his mercies begin afresh each morning. I say to myself, “The Lord is my inheritance; therefore, I will hope in him!”
#hope#advent
Pause. Consider.
“In the day of prosperity be joyful, and in the day of adversity consider: God has made the one and the other, that man may not find out anything that will be after him.” Ecclesiastes 7:14
What will be after?
Maybe our plan.
Definitely God’s Providence.
“And he said to them, “Come away by yourselves to a desolate place and rest a while.” For many were coming and going, and they had no leisure even to eat.” Mark 6:31 ESV
#rest#sabbath
“Disrupt any comfort you feel with your own sluggishness. Ask God for the grace to excel in earnestness.” —Marshall Segal.
What do you think of a person described as “earnest”? Marshall sees it as an increasingly rare and needed mark of maturity.
https://t.co/kFbGHH7zM1
Martin Luther’s perspective living through a plague in his day has some particularly relevant & helpful wisdom for us today.
#covid#coronavirus#covid19