Quote of the Week

I read this in Spurgeon's Treasury of David.

Today he puts forth
The tender leaves of hope, tomorrow blossoms
And bears his blushing honors thick upon him:
The third day comes a frost, a killing frost.
And--when he thinks, good easy man, full surely
His greatness is ripening--nips his root,
And then he falls, as I do.
Henry VIII



The next comes from D. Martyn Lloyd Jones from his book Studies in the Sermon on the Mount.

"The world thinks in terms of strength and power, of ability, self-assurance and aggressiveness. That is the world's idea of conquest and possession. The more you assert yourself and express yourself, the more you organize an manifest your powers and ability, the more likely you are to succeed and get on. But here comes this astounding statement, "Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth'--and they alone. Once more, then we are reminded at the very beginning that the Christian is altogether different from the world. It is a difference in quality, and essential difference. He is a new man, a new creation; he belongs to an entirely different kingdom. And not only is the world unlike him; it cannot possibly understand him. He is an enigma to the world. And if you and I are not, in this primary sense, problems and enigmas to the non-Christan around us, then this tells us a great deal about our profession of the Christian faith."