Gerhard and Walther

Besides this there is an inward call of Christ to our souls, and blessed is he who heeds it. Christ often knocks at the door of our hearts with holy longings, devout aspirations, pious meditations, and blessed is he who throws wide open his heart’s door to the Christ.—Johann Gerhard, Sacred Meditation XVI

Faith must rely on the Word even when everything else seen, felt, and experienced appears to contradict it.—C. F. W. Walther, God Grant It!, p. 819.