This is as good as a promise. It has been good, it is good, and it will
be good for me to bear the yoke.
Early in life I had to feel the weight
of conviction, and ever since it has proved a soul-enriching burden.
Should I have loved the gospel so well had I not learned by deep
experience the need of salvation
by grace?
Jabez was more honorable than his brethren because his mother
bare him with sorrow, and those who suffer much in being born unto God
make strong believers in sovereign grace.
The yoke of censure is an
irksome one, but it prepares a man for future honor. He is not fit to be
a leader who has not run the gauntlet of contempt.
Praise intoxicates
if it be not preceded by abuse. Men who rise to eminence without
struggle usually fall into dishonor.
The yoke of affliction,
disappointment, and excessive labor is by no means to be sought for; but
when the LORD lays it on us in our youth, it frequently develops a
character which glorifies God and blesses the church.
Come, my soul, bow
thy neck; take up they cross. It was good for thee when young; it will
not harm thee now. For Jesus' sake, shoulder it carefully.
~Charles Spurgeon~
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