Tim Jack’s Reviews > Wise Counsel > Status Update

“When I am conscious that I have acted uprightly and to the best of my judgement, I try not to distress myself about consequences which I could not possibly foresee. He has wise reasons for what he permits, though I may not know them. He can make the crooked straight though I cannot. Therefore, if you must go, go with confidence and leave the rest' to him.”

“There is no school like the school of the cross. In a crucified Saviour are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge. And the wise tongue that can speak to them that are weary, is not acquired by reading great books; but by self-knowledge and soul exercises. To learn navigation by the fire-side, will never make a man an expert mariner. He must do his business in great waters.”

“But a believer, like a sailor, is not to be surprised if the wind changes, but to learn the art of training himself to all winds for the time; and though many a poor sailor is shipwrecked, the poor believer shall gain his port. O it is good sailing with an infallible Pilot at the helm, who has the wind and weather at his command!”

“I hope the more you see, the more you love; the more you drink, the more you thirst; the more you do for him, the more you are ashamed you can do so little; and that the nearer you approach to your journey's end, the more your pace is quickened.”