Old Lutheran Quote of the Day

If I weigh carefully the sternness of Your Law, I find that in so many ways my life does not measure up to its demands. If I consider my conscience, I find that the thoughts of my mind accuse me as I face Your judgment. If I consider the approaching hour of death, I realize that it is the just reward for my sins. If You were not to receive me out of pure mercy because of Christ, my death would be the entrance to and beginning of eternal death. - Johann Gerhard, *Meditations on Divine Mercy* VII