Old Lutheran Quote of the Day

The Book of Wisdom speaks truly when it says about such children, “For his soul pleased the Lord; therefore hasted He to take him away from among the wicked.” (Wisdom 4:14) What could it be but love if someone were to free us from a solitary, dark underground prison and lead us into a hall of light where we would be united with our best friends? What else it be but love if someone were to bring us from a place full of danger to a perfectly secure castle? What else could it be but love if someone moved us from bitter poverty to riches, from the deepest shame to the highest honor, from misery and distress to joy, from continual sickness into lasting health, from dying into never-ending life?—C. F. W. Walther, God Grant It!, p. 744.