CQOD MOBILE Thursday, September 12, 2024
Thomas à Kempis: the profitability of suffering
Meditation:
And the God of all grace, who called you to his eternal glory in Christ, after you have suffered a little while, will himself restore you and make you strong, firm and steadfast.—1 Peter 5:10 (NIV)
Quotation:
If indeed there had been anything better and more profitable to the health of men than to suffer, Christ would surely have shown it by word and example.... Thomas à Kempis (1380-1471), Of the Imitation of Christ [1418], Leipzig: Bernhard Tauchnitz, 1877, II.xii.15, p. 111
(see the book)See also 1 Pet. 5:10; Rom. 8:18; 2 Cor. 4:17; 1 Pet. 1:6-7; 4:13-14 Quiet time reflection:Lord, grant me your restoration. See yesterdayTweet this
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