In the Hands of a Merciful God

"Is there not in several respects, a remarkable resemblance between the case of Israel and our own? General wickedness then occasioned a

general visitation; and does not the same cause now produce the same effect? We likewise have sinned, and we are punished; and perhaps

these are only the beginning of sorrows. Perhaps the angel is now stretching out his hand over England to destroy it. O that the Lord would at

length say to him that destroyeth, 'It is enough; stay now thine hand!'"

This brings back memories of Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God. Oh but how comforting to know that we deserve none other than to feel death a thousand times or more per second onward into eternity, and yet we do not feel it; mercy is to escape even one second's worth of that feeling. So why shouldn't we be in constant worship? I feel like we venture along the longest and hardest routes to come to a conclusion when the answers are before us in Scripture. That we should constantly pray, continually love, and worship in all things. It is a beautiful life when we stop trying to lead ourselves.

On a side note, I am a bit inspired by Jeremy's use last semester of "Dive deep. Drown willingly." I truly hate putting a mere hyphen, followed by my name, so I have come across something I may adopt myself...maybe:

Ad augusta per angusta ("to triumphs by struggles," or "to high places by narrow roads"),

Will Drake

PS - I commented on Ryan Stewart's "Freedom Within Limits... What?!"