Love looks beyond the faults of a Brother,
has patience with the “faultless” Brother 🙂 or :(,
and prays for the false Brother.
– eab, 10/13/14
Posts Tagged ‘patience’
Brother, Brother
Posted in Bible, eabits, philosophy, prayer, pride, uncategorized, tagged “faultless” Brother, faults of a Brother, Love looks beyond, patience, prays for the false Brother on November 20, 2014| Leave a Comment »
David Brainerd – birth, Apr. 20, 1718
Posted in born today, holy living, QQQuaint Quality Quotes, today in history, uncategorized, tagged 1718, as exceeding precious, born this date, Chicago, confidence in anything, David Brainerd, dead at 29, dedicate myself to God again, Delaware, divine clearness power sweetness, God’s Word, great solemnity, Haddan Connecticut, He prayed worked, Henry Martyn went to India, holiness, incarnation and sufferings of Christ, Jonathan Edwards, just as He would, Life and Diary of David Brainerd, missionary to, Moody Press, opened to my soul, patience, plead with Him for holiness, reading his Journal, Robert McCheyne, sovereignty of God, Stockbridge, Susquehanna Indians, that men might be made holy, this lower world, to save or damn me, unspeakable satisfaction, wait upon God, was exposed to bad weather, went to India, went to the Jews, wholly at God’s pleasure, William Carey, wrestle for divine blessings on April 20, 2009| Leave a Comment »
…The sovereignty of God. I could not bear that it should be wholly at God’s pleasure, to save or damn me, just as He would.
– Jonathan Edwards, Life and Diary of David Brainerd (Chicago: Moody Press, n.d.), 27.
…Sundry passages of God’s Word opened to my soul with divine clearness, power, and sweetness, so as to appear exceeding precious…
– Jonathan Edwards, Life and Diary of David Brainerd (Chicago: Moody Press, n.d.), 33.
It is good to wrestle for divine blessings.
– Jonathan Edwards, Life and Diary of David Brainerd (Chicago: Moody Press, n.d.), 43.
It is better to wait upon God with patience than to confidence in anything in this lower world.
– Jonathan Edwards, Life and Diary of David Brainerd (Chicago: Moody Press, n.d.), 87.
After I rode more than two miles [horseback], it came to my mind to dedicate myself to God again; which I did with great solemnity and unspeakable satisfaction.
– Jonathan Edwards, Life and Diary of David Brainerd (Chicago: Moody Press, n.d.), 105.
God was gracious to me, helping me to plead with Him for holiness, and to use the stronger arguments with Him, drawn from the incarnation and sufferings of Christ for this very end, that men might be made holy.
– Jonathan Edwards, Life and Diary of David Brainerd (Chicago: Moody Press, n.d.), 113.
David Brainerd was born this date (4/20/1718) at Haddan Connecticut. He was a missionary to the Stockbridge, Delaware, and Susquehanna Indians. He prayed, worked, and was exposed to bad weather so much that he was dead at 29 – almost appearing to fail. But tradition has it a William Carey went to India, Robert McCheyne to the Jews, Henry Martyn to India, as a result (at least in part) of reading his Journal.
Love Power
Posted in holy living, opposing wrong, poem, tagged Adam's, “de-weed” your heart, “justly” proud, bile, carnal anger, carnal traits, cleaning out evil motives, clever, confess, cool, cunningly big brain, fill your carnal liver, forced smile, friend, grouchiness, His holy child, if you have your way, jealous, long list of hates, love, new “flivver”, patience, soul, The Holy Ghost, the most universal power, to be stubborn, universal power, unwanted weeds, verge of murder, You won’t shed a tear on February 23, 2009| Leave a Comment »
Is your patience ever thinning?
Almost, if not actually, sinning?
Has grouchiness replaced your happy song?
Do your neighbors really try you,
‘Specially the ones too nigh you?
Frankly, you wish they’d just “move along.”
Do you see you are “justly” proud,
(Though hesitant to say it too loud)
Of your clever, cool, and cunningly big brain?
Proud of how smart you really are,
(Smarter than your family – by far,
Being ‘round them has become a big drain.)
Do you find your soul quite jealous,
Of your brother-n-law who’s zealous
In his sales, and has made “a nice big pile”?
Does bile fill your carnal liver,
When he shows you his new “flivver,”
And you both know yours is a forced smile?
Has old carnal anger got you,
To the verge of murder now brought you?
Oh! If you could just this once commit it.
You won’t shed a tear when they die,
To say you’re sad would be a lie,
Anger’s got you ─ will you admit it?
Your are “nice” – if you have your way.
(“They should listen to all that I say.”)
But to be stubborn you would not lay claim.
You solemnly, sensibly fight,
(Everyone should know this is right.)
“Right” and your opinion are the same.
God can remove the carnal traits,
Love can replace the long list of hates.
Love is the most universal power.
You may have a trait or just two,
Which flare and show readily through,
But behind them, all traits now cower.
Although “the order” seems so tall,
The Holy Ghost can remove them all,
Pull them, like you remove unwanted weeds.
(Weeds that ruin your garden’s art)
God like-wise can “de-weed” your heart,
Cleaning out evil motives and deeds.
Confess the whole, cruel, carnal host,
Now allow the blessed Holy Ghost,
To remove Adam’s fully bad, sad “crew.”
God can then fill that empty place,
With such abundant loving grace,
His ancient love will make your heart new.
Come, Friend, accept His promised love.
It is why He came from heaven above;
Love’s what brought the Lord Jesus way down here.
Freely become His holy child;
You’ll fine His ways both meek and mild.
And Love’s the sole way to go up there! – eab, 2/8/06 (revised 2/23/06)
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