"Pray God to send what the Americans call "grit"; in them {wo}men who: when they know a thing to be; right, will not turn away or turn aside or stop;{wo}men who will persevere all the more because there are difficulties to meet or foes to encounter, who stand all the more true to their master because they are opposed; who the more they are thrust into the fire, the hotter they become; who just like the bow, the further the string is drawn the more powerfully it sends forth its arrows, and so the more they are trodden upon the more mighty they will become in the cause of truth against error"
I think this is a wonderful description of a life marked by faith and perseverance. I long to have this kind of "grit" that Surgeon describes and I believe this is the kind of character currently being developed in me.
....Following Jesus who is worthy of and able to develop this kind of passion in me.
1 comment:
i think i made some comments in my charles spurgeon devotional on just this entry. It is a necessary reminder and worthy of framing and putting in a prominent place of repeated reading.
miss you so much...
xo
love mom
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