Monday, February 18, 2008

those who have gone before

Jonathan Edwards still has books in print almost 300 years after his death. He is remembered as one of America's greatest pastors and theologians.... and here in his diary I find comfort:


( after his move to Yale)

" This week has been a remarkable week with me with respect to despair, fears, perplexities, multitudes of cares, and distractions of mind... I have now abundant reason to be convinced of the troublesomeness and vexation of the world, and that it will never be another kind of world."

( Jonathan Edwards: A New Biography by Iain Murray page 59-60)

I think its interesting that he had these thoughts and I find comfort in knowing that other people have these same difficulties.