February 28, 2012
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Dead Guys
Quotes from dead men of God used by His grace stir the affections of my soul for Him.
“How sweet all at once it was for me to be rid of those fruitless joys which I had once feared to lose!… You drove them from me, you who are the true, the sovereign joy. You drove them from me and took their place, you who are sweeter than all pleasures, though not to flesh and blood; you outshine all light, yet are hidden deeper than any of the secrets in our heart; You who surpass all honor, though not in the eyes of men who see all honor in themselves….O Lord, my God, my light my wealth, my Salvation…you who are sweeter than all pleasures.”
-Augustine“Oh I wish to devote my mouth and my heart to you…do not forsake me, for if ever I should be on my own, I would easily wreck it all.”
-Luther“I thank Thee that this, which is a necessity of my new life, is also its greatest delight. So, I do at this hour feast on Thee.”
-Spurgeon“O to behold the glory of Christ…Herein would I live; herein would I die; herein would I dwell in my thoughts and affections…until all things below become unto me a dead and deformed thing, no way suitable for affectionate embraces.”
-Owen“I have at times had such delicious thoughts on the Lord I am ashamed to mention them.”
-Lawrence
Dear God,
All of [this], the way You gloriously worked in these sinful men, it stirs within me beautiful truths about You that I continually and whorrebly forget. I want to Know You. I yearn for more. I need more. I’LL DO ANYTHING TO GET MORE! Because without more, all of my will die a whorreble wreck of a death. Holy Satisfied yet Holy Discontent tis my Jesus Paradox. Holy Angst.
AND I LOOK FORWARD TO DEATH BECAUSE I GET HIM IN FULL!
And I want Him in Full. I yearn! I yearn! And I yearn, BUT! Its easy to write it, but still, why don’t I yearn for You like I ought to? God HELP ME! I need to NEED YOU because I truebdetrueb do need You! Help me please.
with a broken and contrite heart that is madly in love,
Jean Patrick Fisher
[Soli Deo Gloria]
