I’m home again and far away from the ocean. It was a good time to be in Southern California and to see four out of eight of my siblings and a few nieces and nephews. I’ll share more from Huntington Beach soon. Today is a recovery day at our country bungalow.
Here are a couple of quotes from J.C. Ryle (1816-1900) who I read about in Five Minutes in Church History and Grace Gems.
First on his conversion (1837):
Nothing I can remember to this day appeared to me so clear and distinct as my own sinfulness, Christ’s preciousness, the value of the Bible, the absolute necessity of coming out of the world, the need of being born again, and the enormous folly of the whole doctrine of baptismal regeneration. All these things seemed to flash upon me like a sunbeam, in the winter of 1837, and have stuck in my mind from that time down to this. People may account for such a change as they like, my own belief is that it is what the Bible calls conversion. Or, what the Bible calls regeneration. Before that time, I was dead in sins, and on the high road to hell. From that time, I had become alive, and have had a hope of heaven, and nothing to my mind can account for it but the free sovereign grace of God.
And this quote which is from the 1800’s but rings true to our time:
There is a common, worldly kind of Christianity in this day, which many have and think they have enough–a cheap Christianity which offends nobody, and requires no sacrifice; which costs nothing and is worth nothing. The standard of the world, and the standard of the Lord Jesus–are indeed different. They are more than different–they are flatly contradictory one to another. Never be satisfied with the world’s standard of Christianity!
Today is my 13 Year Anniversary with WordPress and with blogging.
Have a good day everyone!
…coming back home is always special.
Happy blog anniversary, Eileen! I always enjoy your inspiring posts, It was nice to see the photos of your family celebration of your sister’s leap year birthday. Glad you traveled safely and had a good time.
The quotations by Ryle–so good, so right.
Welcome back home.
Congratulations on 13 years of blogging. You’ve been at it quite a good while.
Ellen – Congratulations on your blogging anniversary. The second quote resonates deeply with me! Glad you made it home safely and in good health.
Congratulations on your blogging anniversary. Glad that you are home again.
Hello Ellen, I am glad you had a nice visit with your family, welcome home. Happy 13th Blog Anniversary! Wishing you a happy day!
That last quote…wow! Fabulously succinct. Happy Blogiversary! You’re older than I. ;> Here’s to many more happy years of blogging.