Spurgeon on being chosen by God

I believe in the doctrine of election, because I am quite certain that, if God had not chosen me, I should never have chosen him; and I am sure he chose me before I was born, or else he never would have chosen me afterwards; and he must have elected me for reasons unknown to me, for I never could find any reason in myself why he should have looked upon me with special love
C H Spurgeon

Haven't posted to this site in quite a while.

I like the title of this blog, but I seem to get more traffic at my Gontroppo one.

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Before it's too late

I'd like to encourage everyone reading this blog to think back to people who have stood out as guides in your Christian walk. Have you thanked them?

Please take the time to do it, if it's possible. If you are able to thank them personally, and in a letter, please do this in preference to a phone call or email.

I'm glad I was prompted, I trust by the Holy Spirit, to do this a few years back, and thank

Cec Williams
Sunday School Superintendent who challenged us to think through our Christian faith and
Tom Mascord
a gracious, kindly man who taught me for several years in Sunday School.

I can still think God for them today, but not them personally as they have both passed into the presence of our Lord Jesus.

Got one or two people in mind? Now where's that nice writing pad?

Favourite quotes

As a keen conservationist, I thought I should recycle some of my favourite quotes. You can find more at A Treasure Chest of Great Quotes.

Franklin P. Adams
I find that a great part of the information I have was acquired by looking up something and finding something else on the way.

Greg Aldrik
Ask yourself, "If all jobs paid $2 an hour, what job would I want to do?"
When you answer that question, start doing it, even if you have to do it for free at first.

Thomas à Kempis[as often quoted by Scot McKay]
Man proposes, but God disposes.

G. K. Chesterton
"My country, right or wrong" is a thing that no patriot would think of saying, except in a desperate case.
It is like saying "My mother, drunk or sober."

Christianity has died many times and risen again; for it has a God who knew his way out of the grave.

Tolerance is the virtue of the man without convictions.

These are the days when the Christian is expected to praise every creed except his own.

I may not practise what I preach, but God forbid that I preach what I practise.

Calvin Coolidge
Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence.Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. The slogan "Press On" has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race.

Goethe
There is one elementary truth, the ignorance of which kills countless ideas and splendid plans:
the moment one definitely commits oneself, then Providence moves too.
All sorts of things occur to help one that never otherwise would have occurred . . .
Whatever you can do,
Or dream you can do,
Begin it.
Boldness has genius, power and magic in it.
Begin it now.

If youth is a fault, it is one which is soon corrected.

If you must tell me your opinions, tell me what you believe in. I have plenty of doubts of my own.