Quotemeal: Oct. 6th, 2008

Monday, October 6, 2008

"We should never attempt to bear more than one kind of trouble at once. Some people bear three kinds - all they have had, all they have now, and all they expect to have."
— Edward Everett Hale

More Quotemeal

"God hath given to man a short time here upon earth, and yet upon this short time eternity depends."
"Preaching should break a hard heart and heal a broken one."
— John Newton —
"It is one thing to fear God as threatening, with a holy reverence, and another to be afraid of the evil threatened."
— John Owen —
"Even when we cannot see the why and wherefore of God's dealings, we know that there is love in and behind them, and so we can rejoice always."
— J. I. Packer —

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Illustration of Edward Everett Hale — "We should never attempt to bear more than one kind of trouble at once. Some people bear three kinds - all they have had, all they have now, and all they expect to have."

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Quotemeal is a daily dose of Christian quotes to inspire and encourage.