07 October 2009

Old Lutheran Quote of the Day

Thus, if we want to become inwardly strong, we must learn more and more to recognize Christ's love.

We must learn to recognize its "width" that it is wider than the whole world; it embraces all sinners and, indeed, everything that lives in heaven and on earth.

We learn to recognize its "length" that this love is longer than the duration of the world; it is from eternity and extends until eternity.

We must learn to recognize its "height" for this love is higher than all the mountains of the world; it reaches even to heaven.

We must learn to recognize its "depth" for this love is deeper than the foundation of the earth; it is a deep, inexhaustible, unfathomable spring that flows from the depths of God's own heart.

--C. F. W. Walther, *God Grant It!* p. 750

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