tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291232.post114131760501924063..comments2024-03-24T05:54:23.612-05:00Comments on Weedon's Blog: Good Thought from Gerhard...William Weedonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01383850332591975790noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291232.post-1141392771120949062006-03-03T07:32:00.000-06:002006-03-03T07:32:00.000-06:00Because your Lord calls upon you to deny yourself,...Because your Lord calls upon you to deny yourself, take up your cross daily, and *follow* Him. <BR/><BR/>Or as St. Paul said: "And if children, then heirs, heirs of God and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together." Romans 8:17<BR/><BR/>One of the most beautiful thoughts about the "depths" comes from the pen of Martin Chemnitz: from eternity God has designed the crosses by which He conforms us to the image of His Son. <BR/><BR/>These sufferings come to us as gifts from the Father who loves us and always has. They are not designed to destroy us, but conforming us to the image of the Beloved Son, to bring us with Him through the depths to the joys of eternal life.William Weedonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01383850332591975790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291232.post-1141362264584439492006-03-02T23:04:00.000-06:002006-03-02T23:04:00.000-06:00Why must I descend if Christ already did?Why must I descend if Christ already did?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com