"My Lord Jesus has fully recompensed my sadness with his joys, my losses with his own presence.Â I find it a sweet and rich thing to exchange my sorrows with Christ's joys, my afflictions with that sweet peace I have with himself."

Source : Samuel Rutherford (1824). “Joshua redivivus: or, three hundred and fifty two religious letters ... To which is added, the Author's testimony to the covenanted work of reformation, between 1638 and 1649 ... As also, a large preface and postscript ... by the Rev. Mr. McWard. The tenth edition”, p.40

Samuel Rutherford

#Sweet Quotes #Jesus Quotes #Sadness Quotes

“The strength of collective decision making and political responsibility is not only a question of recognizing other people's ability. It is also recognizing one's own limitations.”
“When you swear to God, its true ... right now God is watching and saying, this is true.”
“I temporarily lost my hope in love, and it was temporary, thank goodness.”
“Deep inside all of us a huge potential beckons, waiting to open us to the joy, genius, freedom and Love within.”

Source : Brandon Bays (2012). “The Journey: A Practical Guide to Healing Your Life and Setting Yourself Free”, p.19, Simon and Schuster
“And it should be something that only that group of people could've made with everybody invested.”
“We had something very special in the Faces. We were blessed to have the fun we had.”
“People don't know the past, even though we live in literate societies, because they don't trust the sources of the past.”
“Why, what is to live? Not to eat and drink and breathe,â€”but to feel the life in you down all the fibres of being, passionately and joyfully.”

Source : Robert Browning, Elizabeth Barrett Browning (2012). “Browning: Poems”, p.223, Everyman's Library

"My Lord Jesus has fully recompensed my sadness with his joys, my losses with his own presence.Â I find it a sweet and rich thing to exchange my sorrows with Christ's joys, my afflictions with that sweet peace I have with himself."

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