Last week we had a lion in town. I went to see him. He was astonishingly tame as friendly with his keeper, and as docile and obedient as a pet dog. Yet the man told me he had his surly fits, when they dared not go near him.
No looking-glass could show my face more justly than this lion shows my heart! I could trace every feature as wild and fierce by nature; yes, much more so but grace has in some measure tamed me.
I know and love my Keeper, and sometimes watch His looks that I may learn His will. But, oh! I have my surly fits too! Seasons when I relapse into the savage again, as though I had forgotten all.
I know and love my Keeper, and sometimes watch His looks that I may learn His will. But, oh! I have my surly fits too! Seasons when I relapse into the savage again, as though I had forgotten all.
[John Newton]
Jeremiah 3:22 ... Return, ye backsliding children, and I will heal your backslidings. Behold, we come unto thee; for thou art the Lord our God.
Jeremiah 14:7 ... O Lord, though our iniquities testify against us, do thou it for thy name's sake: for our backslidings are many; we have sinned against thee.
Hosea 14:4 ... I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely: for mine anger is turned away from him.❤
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Jeremiah 3:22 ... Return, ye backsliding children, and I will heal your backslidings. Behold, we come unto thee; for thou art the Lord our God.
Jeremiah 14:7 ... O Lord, though our iniquities testify against us, do thou it for thy name's sake: for our backslidings are many; we have sinned against thee.
Hosea 14:4 ... I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely: for mine anger is turned away from him.❤
