Rutherford’s Challenges (cont’d)
I have been much challenged:
11) Nothing more moveth me, and
burdenth my soul, than that I could never, in my prosperity, so wrestle in
prayer with God, nor be so dead to the world, so hungry and sick of love for
Christ, so heavenly-minded, as when ten stone weight of a heavy cross was upon
me.12) that the cross extorted vows of new obedience, which ease hath
blown away, as chaff before the wind.13) That practice was so short and
narrow, and light so long and broad.14) that death hath not been often
meditated upon.15) That I have not been careful of gaining others to
Christ.16) that my grace and gifts bring forth little or no
thankfulness.
From The Letters of Samuel Rutherford
Enter Into The Rest
Brother, fear not; greater is He that is in us, than He that is in the world. The pain that we are to suffer is short, and shall be light; but our joy and consolation shall never have an end. Let us therefore, strive to enter our Master and Saviours Joy, by the same straight way which He hath taken before us. Death cannot hurt us, for it is already destroyed by Him, for whose sake we are now going to suffer.” [Jerome Russell to his fellow martyr Alexander Kennedy as they were about to be burned.]
Enter into the Rest
Brother, fear not; greater is He that is in us, than He that is in the world. The pain that we are to suffer is short, and shall be light; but our joy and consolation shall never have an end. Let us therefore, strive to enter our Master and Saviours Joy, by the same straight way which He hath taken before us. Death cannot hurt us, for it is already destroyed by Him, for whose sake we are now going to suffer." [Jerome Russell to his fellow martyr Alexander Kennedy as they were about to be burned.]
About
Nothing much to tell. I’m walking a single solitary pilgrims walk, in England, that is not an easy one. I am a Calvinistic Covenanter Christian, My Autonomic Nervous system is failing slowly, which has led to severe disability, with an ultra rare disease than medics don’t even understand, often misdiagnose.and will no doubt kill me at some point. But, I trust the Lord to get me where I’m going. All glory to HIM.
The symptomology listed on the link, most porphyrics will only have most of those symptoms if in an acute attack. A few of us, with the ongoing, smouldering symptoms, that never go away, have most if not all of the symptom list, even when not in an acute attack, and are persistent and constant. Anyone who has ever been in the psychiactric system, diagnosed as this or that, even if physically well, should consider this illness could be responsible. King George III, the most famous porphyric, his sole symptom was “insanity.” Its so rare in part, because it’s massively under-diagnosed. But in making this illness known, when it struck me physically a few years ago, God vindicated me from every mis-diagnoses and bersmirchment upon me medically that has ever been made, and has made them all null and void.
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