MacDonald (as selected by Lewis)

[Dale (evolutionary providentialist)]

@Mervin_Bitikofer

Statue under the chisel of the sculptor, stand steady to the blows of his mallet.

This correlates well, ‘coincidentally’ :

“Thou, Lord, hast made me glad through thy work.” Psalm 92:4

Do you believe that your sins are forgiven, and that Christ has made a full atonement for them? Then what a joyful Christian you ought to be! How you should live above the common trials and troubles of the world! Since sin is forgiven, can it matter what happens to you now? Luther said, “Smite, Lord, smite, for my sin is forgiven; if thou hast but forgiven me, smite as hard as thou wilt;” and in a similar spirit you may say, “Send sickness, poverty, losses, crosses, persecution, what thou wilt, thou hast forgiven me, and my soul is glad.”

C.H. Spurgeon