Yielding To Christianity

Patricia Hofer

“The couch of God’s sweet will”

“Let this analogy teach you what it means to rest in the Lord. Let your souls lie down upon the couch of His sweet will, as your bodies lie down in their beds at night. Relax every strain, and lay off every burden. Let yourself go in a perfect abandonment of ease and comfort, sure that, since He holds you up, you are perfectly safe. (Hannah Whitall Smith, The Christians Secret of a Happy Life,… Continue reading

God has “infinite attention” for each of us.

CS Lewis wrote: “God is not hurried along in the Time-stream of this universe any more than an author is hurried along in the imaginary time of his own novel. He has infinite attention to spare for each one of us.” (“Time and Beyond Time”)

Sometimes I think that the evolutionary nature’s best weapon is time. Along with the circadian rhythm, we must constantly be seeking the next moment’s food, the next night’s shelter and… Continue reading

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