Sunday, September 18, 2011

assurance of salvation


Know then,
for one thing,
that
assurance
is a thing to be much desired.

It gives joy and peace in believing. 
It makes us patient in tribulation,
 content in trial,
calm in affliction,
unmoved in sorrow,
 not afraid of evil tidings. 

 It sweetens our bitter cups,
it lessens the burdens of the crosses that we bear.
It smooths the rough places on which we travel,
it lightens the valley of the shadow of death.
It makes us feel as if we have something solid beneath our feet
and something firm in our hand,
a sure Friend by the way
and a sure home in the end.

Assurance
will help a man bear poverty and loss. 
Assurance
will support a man in sickness.
Assurance
will give you songs in the night.

And, O friend,
when your turn comes to die,
Assurance
will comfort you
 and bid you safely over to the other side.

Mrs. Peggy,
you have shown me the way to face death.
Thank you

from
Heading for Heaven
by JC Ryle

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