Hvad du ej klart kan säga, vet du ej;
med tanken ordet föds på mannens läppar:
det dunkelt sagda är det dunkelt tänkta.
Den sanna vishet liknar Diamanten,
en stelnad droppe utaf himlaljuset;
ju renare, ju mera värd han skattas
ju mera lyser dagen ock igenom.
If you think (1) that marriage/sex is the only form a relation may take between men and women and (2) that power is the exclusive modality of the marital/sexual relation, you'll never have unproblematic relations between men and women.
By divine design, our lives move forward not only in space but also in time.
Time is the divine calendar that measures our movements in mornings and evenings, days and weeks, months, years, decades, and centuries.
“The first work of grace is to set the soul in order, to subdue base affections, to sanctify the judgment; and when it hath set the soul in tune and order, then it is fitted to set a right price on things, to rank and order them as it should.”
Richard Sibbes.
We cannot please Christ better than in showing ourselves welcome, by cheerful taking part of his rich provision. It is an honor to his bounty to come to him; and it is what a Christian aims at, to 'rejoice always in the Lord,' and that from enjoying our privileges in him. -Sibbes
Though there is much triumph in Ruby’s story, there is also much tragedy, particularly for the church. It’s almost certain that many of the teachers who refused to teach Ruby, the student who harassed her, & the mobs that threatened her were members of Christian churches.