Old Lutheran Quote of the Day

A true Christian is one whose eyes have been opened so he vividly recognizes that he is a completely unworthy sinner and that everything temporal and eternal, in body and soul, and in earthly and heavenly goods is a pure blessing of grace that God gives him for Christ’s sake. A true Christian does not merely grant this in humility. Instead, this knowledge illuminates his entire being like a new sun, and in this light he sees everything that he is and has. Therefore, he lives in constant thanks.—C. F. W. Walther, God Grant It!, p. 704.