Courage, dear heart!

 

"Courage, dear heart!"

Did you know that more than sixty years before Lucy heard these comforting words in C.S. Lewis' "Chronicles of Narnia," they had been penned to you and me (to any follower of Christ) by a British man named Charles?

He went on to tell us to:

"Bear up, for the Lord will bear you up, and bear you through. He who made you knows how frail you are, and how little you can bear. He will handle tenderly that which he has fashioned so delicately. Therefore, be not afraid because of the painful present, for it hastens to a happy future."

• C.H. Spurgeon, 1888
Chequebook of the Bank of Faith

I haven’t counted how many times this little book has made it on to my blog over the past year, but the fact that I keep sharing from it shows how highly I can recommend it to anyone looking for a short daily reading in addition to their study of God’s word.

Having started it a few weeks into 2021 and then gotten behind over time, I just finished the 365th entry this week.

Here is one more quote from the last few pages:

“This volume is a cheque-book for believers, and this page is meant as a warning as to what bank they draw upon, and whose signature they accept. Rely upon Jesus without limit. Trust not thyself nor any born of woman, beyond due bounds; but trust thou only and wholly in the Lord.”

[entry for December 26]