CQOD: 10/12/05 -- Newton: thankfulness for trials

Christian Quotation of the Day

October 12, 2005

Commemoration of Wilfrid, Abbot of Ripon, Bishop of York, Missionary, 709Commemoration of Elizabeth Fry, Prison Reformer, 1845

Meditation:
    And you have forgotten that word of encouragement that addresses you as sons:

        "My son, do not make light of the Lord's discipline,
            and do not lose heart when he rebukes you,
        because the Lord disciplines those he loves,
            and he punishes everyone he accepts as a son."

Endure hardship as discipline; God is treating you as sons. For what son is not disciplined by his father?
    -- Hebrews 12:5-7 (NIV)

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Quotation:
    Trials are medicines which our gracious and wise Physician prescribes because we need them; and he proportions the frequency and weight of them to what the case requires. Let us trust his skill and thank him for his prescription.
    ... Sir Isaac Newton (1642-1727)

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Quiet time reflection:
    Lord, make a grateful heart in me for the trials I must endure.

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