These have fallen from the mulberry trees in our back garden

Once all the leaves have fallen I am going to trim the trees French-style. That is cut off everything down to the trunk.

Here are some quotes from Weeksy:

'God's commandments are not grievous. They are not as fetters of iron, but as chains of gold for beauty and ornament.' (Jeremiah Burroughs, The Excellency of a Gracious Spirit, 15)

'Despair is an exceedingly vile and contemptible sin.' (The Excellency of a Gracious Spirit, 23)

All men are afraid in battle. The coward is the one who lets his fear overcome his sense of duty. (George S. Patton, 1885 - 1945)

There is many a thing which the world calls disappointment; but there is no such thing in the dictionary of faith. What to others are disappointments are to believers intimations of the will of God. (John Newton)

The mind is its own place, and in itself, can make heaven of Hell, and a hell of Heaven. (John Milton, 1608 - 1674)

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Anonymous said…
I think that Patton is a rather poor example to cite on his opinions of bravery - or cowardice. While he could by no means be accused of cowardice, I'm by no means certain that he had the necessary human values to truly understand either valour or fear.

By the way, I believe that, no matter how tired he was, he never went to sleep at night without reading a chapter of the Bible. Whatever that actually tells us about him I'm not too sure, though the principle commends itself to me and has on occasions helped my motivation when I have been feeling tired.
11:10 pm
Alan said…
Yes. It's all grist to the mill, eh?
7:17 am
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