| How Great is Our God |
| Various, 9th June |
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A LOVE LIKE NO OTHER SOJOURNER TRUTH | 1850 Sojourner Truth (c. 1797-1883), born into slavery as Isabella Baumfree, was an African-American abolitionist and women's rights activist. Sojourner Truth's mother talked to her of God. From these conversations, her mind drew the conclusion that God was a great man and, being located high in the sky, could see all that transpired on the earth. She believed he not only saw but also noted down all her actions in a great book. She desired to talk to God, but her vileness utterly forbade it and she began to wish for someone to speak to God for her. Then a space seemed opening between her and God, and she felt that if someone who was worthy in the sight of heaven would but plead for her in their own name, and not let God know it came from her, who was so unworthy, God might grant it. At length a friend appeared to stand between herself and an insulted Deity; but who was this friend? “Who are you?” she exclaimed, as the vision brightened into a form distinct, beaming with the beauty of holiness, and radiant with love. Her whole soul was in one deep prayer that this heavenly personage might be revealed to her and remain with her. At length, after bending both soul and body with the intensity of this desire, till breath and strength seemed failing and she could maintain her position no longer, an answer came to her, saying distinctly, “It is Jesus.” “Yes,” she responded, “it is Jesus.” Previously, she heard Jesus mentioned in reading or speaking but had received from what she heard no impression that he was any other than an eminent man, like a Washington or a Lafayette. Now he appeared to her so mild, so good, and so every way lovely, and he loved her so much! And, how strange that he had always loved her, and she had never known it! And how great a blessing he conferred, in that he should stand between her and God! And God was no longer a terror and a dread to her. In the light of her great happiness, the world was clad in new beauty, the very air sparkled as with diamonds and was redolent of heaven. READ: 2 THESSALONIANS 2:16-17 |
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Included in this classic collection of the greatest Christian thinkers throughout history are writings from St. Augustine of Hippo, Thomas Aquinas, G. K. Chesterton, Ignatius, Richard Baxter, John Wesley, Thomas a Kempis, A. W. Tozer, Hannah Whitehall Smith, Jonathan Edwards, John Milton, and Andrew Murray—all updated in contemporary English for easy accessibility.
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Daily Readings Drawn From Every Century and Every Tradition of the Christian Faith You‘ve heard their names. Now hear their hearts. They are the voices of classic Christianity through the ages... Ignatius Catherine of Siena Polycarp C.S. Lewis Dietrich Bonhoeffer John Wesley John Calvin Thomas Aquinas Karl Barth Augustine Martin Luther Billy Sunday Their names, and so many others, fill the pages of church history. Yet they remain strangers to most of us. How Great Is Our God will introduce you to Christianity’s most influential thinkers from every century and every tradition—all in one year’s worth of daily inspirations modernized for today’s reader. As you hear the convictions of these men and women across two millenniums, their foundational words will echo in your life— grounding you in the wisdom of the ages, and instilling a deeper understanding of the heart of our faith...and the greatness of our God! |
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