Old Lutheran Quote of the Day

Faith is the forsaking of all that is not God or of God, and the seeking for and cleaving to God alone. It is taking God to myself as my all, and commending my all to God, in life, death and eternity. The Faith of regeneration destroys faith in ourselves and in the world, and leaves alone Faith in God,, with all that this Faith comprises. The change designated by Regeneration causes one to give self to Him to whom formerly one had been entirely adverse or hostile. -- H. E. Jacobs, *Elements of Religion* p. 169