Brother Gregory @brothergregory@librem.one

If there is no more effectual remedy for anger and impatience, he assuredly has not made little progress who has learned so to meditate on Divine Providence, as to be able always to bring his mind to this, The Lord willed it, it must therefore be borne; not only because it is unlawful to strive with Him, but because He wills nothing that is not just and befitting. - John Calvin

Blame is a matter of justice, responsibility is a matter of covenant.

A dog barks when his master is attacked. I would be a coward if I saw that God's truth is attacked and yet would remain silent. - John Calvin

My days are like shadow that declineth; and I am withered like grass. But thou, O Lord, shalt endure for ever; and thy remembrance unto all generations. Of old hast thou laid the foundation of the earth: and the heavens are the work of thy hands. They shall perish, but thou shalt endure: yea, all of them shall wax old like a garment; as a vesture shalt thou change them, and they shall be changed: but thou art the same, and thy years shall have no end. - Psalm 102:11-12,25-27

Make a joyful noise unto the LORD, all ye lands. Serve the Lord with gladness: come before his presence with singing. Know ye that the Lord he is God: it is he that hath made us, and not we ourselves; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture. Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise: be thankful unto him, and bless his name. For the LORD is good; his mercy is everlasting; and his truth endureth to all generations. - Psalm 100

Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me: Lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, Who is the LORD? or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain. - Proverbs 30:8-9

"On your exceedingly great mercy rests all my hope. Give what you command, and then command whatever you will." - Augustine

So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom. - Psalm 90:12

And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. - Genesis 1:26 KJV

"Even so, if a person is lauded for some gift that you have given him, and he derives more joy from being praised than for possessing the gift which earns the praise, he too is accepting praise which is in your sight is a sham. Even the one who extols him is better off than the one so esteemed, for the former at least appreciates God's gift in a human being, whereas the other prizes what humans give him more than the gift of God." - Augustine

"To all, life Thou givest, to both great and small;
In all life Thou livest, the true life of all;
We blossom and flourish as leaves on the tree,
And wither and perish - but naught changeth Thee."

Walter Chalmers Smith.

"I inquired then what villainy might be, but I found no substance, only the perversity of a will twisted away from you, God, the supreme substance, toward the depths - a will that throws away its life within and swells with vanity abroad." - Augustine

It is better to be in the wilderness with Jesus than to be a slave in Pharo's camp.

God condemns the unbeliever for his rebellion not for his ignorance.

To be at peace with evil is to be at war with God.

"Let your fountain be blessed, and rejoice in the wife of your youth. As a loving hind and a graceful doe, let her breasts satisfy you at all times; be exhilarated always with her love." - Proverbs 5:18-19

"Be on the alert, stand firm in the faith, act like men, be strong. Let all that you do be done in love." - 1 Corinthians 16:13-14

"But we read not of any having been blamed for drinking too much of the fountain of living water; on the contrary, those are severely reprimanded who 'have hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water' (Jer. 2:13)." - John Calvin

The difference between Roman Catholicism and Protestantism is not the necessity of grace, but the sufficiency of grace.

"For You are my lamp, O LORD; And the LORD illumines my darkness." - 2 Samuel 22:29