Abundant Mercy

 

“Prosperity is a great mercy,
but adversity is a greater one,
if it brings us to Christ.”
J. C. Rylie (1816-1900)

 

Prosperity or adversity–either way, MERCY!

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6 Responses to Abundant Mercy

  1. I don’t completely agree; I’m being beasted here, and coming closer to Christ is a deliberate choice that I, myself make.

    The people who say that God brings adverity to one’s life to encourage one to draw closer are idiots. It’s like beating a horse to make it compliant. All you get then is compliance born of torture.

    We live in a fallen world; things like cancer are a result of that, and for God to intervene would be a negation of His own principles regarding the Fall. I can accept that.

    What I can’t accept is that God is turning the screws on me, today, the most horrible of really horrible days, to ‘draw me closer’.

    If that’s the case, I’ll draw closer, all right. Close enough to land a punch that’ll break His jaw.

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