Every good thing we could think or desire is to be found in this same Jesus Christ alone...He died for our life; so that by Him fury is made gentle, wrath appeased, darkness turned into light, fear reassured, despisal despised, debt canceled, labor lightened, sadness made merry,...death dead, mortality made immortal. In short, mercy has swallowed up all misery, and goodness all misfortune.- John Calvin
It may be hard for an egg to turn into a bird: it would be a jolly sight harder for it to learn to fly while remaining an egg. We are like eggs at present. And you cannot go on indefinitely being just an ordinary, decent egg. We must be hatched or go bad.- C.S. Lewis
-ak“I heard a good man say he should be content to win a corner behind the door. I shall not be.
The Lord says we shall inherit a kingdom. We would not be satisfied to inherit less, because less than that would not suit our character. ‘He has made us kings and priests unto God,’ and we must reign forever and ever, or be as wretched as deposed monarchs.
Beloved, strive after, more and more, that which the Spirit of God will give you—a kingly heart. Do not be among those who are satisfied and content with the miserable nature of ordinary humanity.” — Charles Spurgeon
