As long as I see anything to be done for God, life is worth having; but O how vain and unworthy it is to live for any lower end.
— David Brainerd (1718–1747), Missionar
Topics: Meaning & Identity, Discipleship
Occasions: For Reflection
David Brainerd
David Brainerd (1718–1747) war ein presbyterianischer Missionar in den britischen Kolonien Nordamerikas, der im Umfeld des Ersten Großen Erwachens unter indigenen Völkern wirkte. Bekannt wurde er durch seine postum von Jonathan Edwards herausgegebenen Tagebücher, die von kompromissloser Hingabe, intensivem Gebet, aber auch von schwerer Melancholie und körperlichen Entbehrungen zeugen. Heutigen Bibellesern verdeutlicht sein kurzes Leben die Bereitschaft zum Dienst trotz psychischer Krisen und körperlicher Hinfälligkeit.
All quotes by David Brainerd (10)
You have made us for yourself, O Lord, and our heart is restless until it rests in you.
Augustine of Hippo
Jesus calls us not to a new religion, but to life.
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
I am the prodigal son every time I search for unconditional love where it cannot be found.
Henri Nouwen
To love a person means to see them as God meant them to be.
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Inner dignity remains, even when performance capacity and social role decline.
Anselm Grün
There is a God, and I'm not him.
John Mark Comer
God has put eternity into our hearts and filled it with longing.
John Piper
Prayers are tools not for doing or getting, but for being and becoming.
Eugene Peterson