Grace Quotes

(John MacDuff, "COMMUNION MEMORIES" 1886) The Christian has this promise of assured help, "My God shall supply all your needs, according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus!" Phil. 4:19 "Therefore do not worry about tomorrow!" Matthew 6:34 Ah, that future! that unknown, sometimes dark and chequered future, how many an anxious thought it costs! Who can forecast the varying scenes of changeful life? It is like walking up some sequestered dell; every turn in the path presents something new. A cluster of flowers here--a rotten branch or decaying tree there; now a flowing stream--now a quiet pool-- now a sprawling cascade; now a gleam of sunlight, now the driving rain and booming thunder. But each apparently capricious turn in life's way, all its accidents and incidents, are the appointments of Infinite Wisdom! The future with all its vicissitudes, is in His keeping and ordering. You may work the loom--the shuttle may be in your hands--but the pattern is all His--the intermingling threads of varied hue, even what are dark and somber. Do not talk of a tangled web, when it is that of the Great Craftsman! Confide in that heart of Infinite Love! Shall we dream of being wiser than God? Shall we dream of correcting His Book of Sovereign decrees? of altering the building-plans of the Divine Architect? No! trust His loving heart, where sense cannot trace His hand! Our All-sufficient God has said, "I will never leave you, I will never, never, never forsake you." He is . . . a rich Provider, a sure Provider, a willing Provider, a wise Provider. "Therefore do not worry about tomorrow!" Matthew 6:34