Patience has various objects. Towards God it is resigned, and says, “I will bear the indignation of the Lord.” Towards Christian people, who justly reprove us, it is meek, and says, “Let the righteous smite me!” Towards wicked and unreasonable people, who love to see others afflicted, it says, “Rejoice not against me, O my enemy.” Towards the trials under which we are called to suffer, it is not uneasy and rebellious, but rather gives them a kind reception.
— William Plumer (1802–1880), Pastor, Theologe
Topics: Patience & Waiting, Humility & Pride, Peace & Rest
Occasions: For Reflection
William Plumer
William Swan Plumer war ein US-amerikanischer presbyterianischer Pastor, Theologieprofessor und Autor des 19. Jahrhunderts, der in Bundesstaaten wie Pennsylvania, Virginia und South Carolina wirkte. Er verband eine streng calvinistische Dogmatik mit alltagsnaher Seelsorge, stand jedoch wegen seiner ablehnenden Haltung zum Abolitionismus und seiner Weigerung, im Bürgerkrieg für die Union Partei zu ergreifen, in der Kritik. Heutigen Bibellesern begegnet er vor allem durch seine Bibelkommentare sowie durch erbauliche Texte über Gnade, Gottesfurcht und göttliche Vorsehung.
All quotes by William Plumer (8)
Those who wait on God lose nothing by waiting.
Corrie ten Boom
Thomas à Kempis
Patience! patience! you are always in a hurry, but God is not.
Charles Haddon Spurgeon
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Tim Keller
Tim Keller
By perseverance the snail reached the ark.
Charles Haddon Spurgeon
Start by doing what's necessary; then do what's possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible.
Francis of Assisi