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Today's Devotional

How wonderful are the ways of God! How contrary to our expectations! No sooner do we think of being at ease, than we are again troubled; we never cease to be stripped, till we become so poor that we have nothing more to lose, and in this state we are made to “possess all things.” —Tersteegen, in Multam in parvo

The death of the cross breaks down all distinctions; it exhibits the eternal Son of God uniting himself with the weakness and the death of every creature. This makes it a shame to wish that there were any other way into the full and open presence of God than the one which he has consecrated.—- Maurice, in Stray Thoughts.

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About the author and the source

Gerhard Tersteegen (1697–1769) was a German Pietist and hymnwriter. Mary Ann Kelty (1789–1873) was an evangelical writer who produced the devotional Multam in Parvo consisting of selections from Christian writers. F. D. Maurice (1805–1872) was a Church of England theologian and educator, and a founder of Christian Socialism. We have not been able to ascertain who E. L. was beyond the authorship of Stray Thoughts.