I am not what I ought to be, I am not what I want to be, I am not what I hope to be in another world; but still I am not what I once used to be, and by the grace of God I am what I am.
Although my memory’s fading, I remember two things very clearly: I am a great sinner and Christ is a great Savior.
When people are right with God, they are apt to be hard on themselves and easy on other people. But when they are not right with God, they are easy on themselves and hard on others.
We can easily manage if we will only take, each day, the burden appointed to it. But the load will be too heavy for us if we carry yesterday’s burden over again today, and then add the burden of the morrow before we are required to bear it.
Thou art coming to a King, large petitions with thee bring, for His grace and power are such none can ever ask too much.
All shall work together for good; everything is needful that He sends; nothing can be needful that He withholds.
God sometimes does His work with gentle drizzle, not storms.
God often takes a course for accomplishing His purposes directly contrary to what our narrow views would prescribe. He brings a death upon our feelings, wishes, and prospects when He is about to give us the desire of our hearts.
May we sit at the foot of the cross; and there learn what sin has done, what justice has done, what love has done.