Just be still for a little while and be content in yourself, as our God's gracious will and his omniscience arrange it; God, who has chosen us for himself, knows very well what we lack.

— Georg Neumark (1621–1681), Kirchenlieddichter

Georg Neumark

Georg Neumark war ein deutscher lutherischer Dichter, Bibliothekar und Archivar des 17. Jahrhunderts, der am Hof in Weimar wirkte. Bekanntheit erlangte er vor allem durch geistliche Lieder wie „Wer nur den lieben Gott lässt walten“, die das Vertrauen auf Gottes Vorsehung inmitten existenzieller Not thematisieren. Bibellesern begegnet sein Werk heute als klassisches Zeugnis barocker Trostliteratur, das Geduld und Zuversicht in persönlichen Krisen ausdrückt.

All quotes by Georg Neumark (4)

More on this topic

You have made us for yourself, O Lord, and our heart is restless until it rests in you.
Augustine of Hippo

You have enough time to do everything God wants you to do.
Craig Groeschel

And when this cup of silence now spreads deep around us, let us hear that full sound of the world, which invisibly widens around us, the exalted song of praise of all Your children.
Dietrich Bonhoeffer

O Lord, make me an instrument of your peace! Where there is hatred, let me sow love; where there is injury, pardon; where there is doubt, faith; where there is despair, hope; where there is darkness, light, and where there is sadness, joy.
Francis of Assisi

Let nothing disturb you, let nothing frighten you. All things pass away. God never changes. Whoever has God lacks nothing. God alone suffices.
Teresa of Ávila

God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.
Reinhold Niebuhr

Darkness cannot be overcome with more darkness, only with light. Violence cannot be overcome with more violence, only with peace.
Martin Luther King Jr.

Security in the ultimate gives serenity in the penultimate.
Romano Guardini

All quotes · lumen.bible