Whoever lets dear God alone govern and hopes in him at all times, him he will wondrously sustain in every trouble and sorrow. Whoever trusts God, the Most High, has not built on sand.

— Georg Neumark (1621–1681), Kirchenlieddichter

Related Bible passage: MAT.7.26

Topics: Faith & Trust, Hope & Confidence

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.

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