God's Sovereignty
For the support of the soul in bearing evil, consider that it is the Lord that giveth and the Lord that takes. The thought of God’s sovereignty over us, and over ours, may quiet our spirits in all that he doth unto us or ours. As it doth justify God, so it should quiet us: here David Psalm 39:9 I was dumb, saith he, and opened not my mouth, because he did it: he doth not say, I was contented because thou dealest thus and thus with me, but I was dumb, I opened not my mouth, because thou didest; that it was an act of God the sovereign Lord satisfied him, he had not a word to say, because God did it. So Job here. The Lord hath taken away, is as if he had said, I could not have borne this at the hands of any creature, but at the hands of my Sovereign Lord that may dispose of me and mine, and do what he pleaseth, at this hands I not only bear it, but take it well.
Joseph had not a word of discontent to vent against his brethren, being thus resolved. It was not you that sent me hither but God, Gen. 45. And David lays aside all revenge against railing Shimei on this ground, so let him curse, because the Lord hath said unto him, curse David, 2 Sam. 16:10. A godly man cannot be angry at the doing or speaking of that, which pleaseth God, that it should be done or spoken. And it takes away all complaining, That the Lord hath taken away. [Joseph Caryl]
God's Sovereignty
For the support of the soul in bearing evil, consider that it is the Lord that giveth and the Lord that takes. The thought of God’s sovereignty over us, and over ours, may quiet our spirits in all that he doth unto us or ours. As it doth justify God, so it should quiet us: here David Psalm 39:9 I was dumb, saith he, and opened not my mouth, because he did it: he doth not say, I was contented because thou dealest thus and thus with me, but I was dumb, I opened not my mouth, because thou didest; that it was an act of God the sovereign Lord satisfied him, he had not a word to say, because God did it. So Job here. The Lord hath taken away, is as if he had said, I could not have borne this at the hands of any creature, but at the hands of my Sovereign Lord that may dispose of me and mine, and do what he pleaseth, at this hands I not only bear it, but take it well.
Joseph had not a word of discontent to vent against his brethren, being thus resolved. It was not you that sent me hither but God, Gen. 45. And David lays aside all revenge against railing Shimei on this ground, so let him curse, because the Lord hath said unto him, curse David, 2 Sam. 16:10. A godly man cannot be angry at the doing or speaking of that, which pleaseth God, that it should be done or spoken. And it takes away all complaining, That the Lord hath taken away. [Joseph Caryl]
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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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