Walking With Jesus by Mary Winslow compiled by Debra Maffett

Broad is the road to destruction, and many go therein; narrow is
the road that leads to glory, and there are few, comparatively,
who find it; happy few! And, oh, what a mercy that He has
guided our feet there! Our souls and bodies ought to be devoted
to Him, to glorify Him for His distinguishing grace! For what are
we more than others, that He should fix His everlasting love upon
us while we were dead in trespasses and in sins? Blessed be God,
who passes by so many, and who has deigned to look upon us
who were lying as others, dead in sin. Infinite in sovereignty,
infinite in goodness, infinite in power! Why He passes by some
and calls others is only known to Himself. But He will have
mercy upon whom He will have mercy. Blessed, forever blessed,
be His adored name! Oh, for grace to serve Him better, and to
love Him more!
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This world is not, and never was intended to be, our rest. It is a
wilderness we are passing through, and shame, shame to us, that
we so often want to sit down amid its weeds and briars, and
amuse ourselves with the trifles of a fallen world lying in the
wicked one. All here is polluted and tainted by sin; therefore does
Christ say, "Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away."
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We must not expect much in this base world. All our richest
blessings are to come. This world is but a preparatory state. We
are disciplining and preparing for the glorious inheritance above.
But how often, through wretched unbelief, we seem to wish to
have our all here. And although, from bitter experience, we feel
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