A life once spent is irrevocable. It will remain to be contemplated through eternity… The same may be said of each day. When it is once past, it is gone forever. All the marks which we put upon it, it will exhibit forever… Each day will not only be a witness of our conduct, but will affect our everlasting destiny… How shall we then wish to see each day marked with usefulness! It is too late to mend the days that are past. The future is in our power. Let us, then, each morning, resolve to send the day into eternity in such a garb as we shall wish it to wear forever. And at night let us reflect that one more day is irrevocably gone, indelibly marked.

— Adoniram Judson (1788–1850), Missionar

Topics: Time & Transience, Growth & Character

Occasions: New Year & New Beginnings

Adoniram Judson

Adoniram Judson (1788–1850) war ein US-amerikanischer Missionar und Sprachwissenschaftler, der fast vier Jahrzehnte lang im heutigen Myanmar wirkte. Er schuf die erste vollständige burmesische Bibelübersetzung, begründete die dortige baptistische Bewegung und setzte seine Arbeit trotz politischer Verdächtigungen und langer Gefängnishaft fort. Bibellesern veranschaulicht sein Wirken den Einsatz für Bibelübersetzungen sowie eine von Leidensbereitschaft und Ausdauer geprägte Glaubenspraxis unter schwierigen äußeren Bedingungen.

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