The Pilgrim Path---Psalm 18: 16

“He reached down from on high and took hold of me; he drew me out of deep waters.”

HE IS WITH US

“If he strikes with one hand he supports with the other. Without God’s support we would sink under our trials. Christ bears the heaviest part of the cross! Affliction is sometimes sent for punishing sin, and at other times to prevent it.” Thomas Watson

“Take notice, O afflicted soul, of God’s design in afflicting you, and make it your own design, namely, that correction may be turned into instruction. Hear the rod, and he who has appointed it. It is a great mistake to make haste to remove your afflictions instead of being sanctified by them.” Thomas Case

“Contentment is a calmness of mind in every condition and occurrence of providence; when he likes whatever God does with him, and quietly submits without fretting and murmuring, even when he crosses our natural desires. Always think well of God, and of every state he is pleased to bring you in.” Thomas Jacombe

“He has chosen not to heal me, but to hold me. The more intense the pain, the closer His embrace.” Joni Eareckson Tada

“Where is God in suffering? He’s in it with us, and in it for us.” Thabiti Anyabwile

“Yes, my Master is thorough. He wounds, but he binds up. And his balm of Gilead heals without stinging; it cools, refreshes, and restores in every part. He gives the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness and brings beauty out of our ashes.” Isobel Kuhn

“Suffering brings out graces that cannot be seen in a time of health. It is the treading of the grapes that brings out the sweet juices of the vine; so, it is affliction that draws forth submission, weanedness from the world, and complete rest in God. Use afflictions while you have them.” Robert Murray M’Cheyne

“Gratitude unleashes the freedom to live content in the moment, rather than being anxious about the future or regretting the past.” Nancy DeMoss Wolgemuth

“You have made us for yourself O LORD, and our hearts are restless until they rest in you.” Saint Augustine

“Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow, it empties today of its strength.” Corrie ten Boom

“When a man or woman can be weak in their own cause, and moderate their anger, but yet, when it comes to the cause of God, they can be all on fire, this is the right meekness (Matthew 5: 5). Jeremiah Burroughs

“There are many heads lying in Christ’s bosom, but there is room for yours among the rest.” Samuel Rutherford

Cast your burden on the LORD,

Only lean upon his Word;

You will soon have cause to bless

His eternal faithfulness.

Based on Psalm 55 / Rowland Hill’s Psalms and Hymns, 1783, mod.

Grace and Peace in Jesus Christ Our Risen LORD, Pastor Jason