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by Dr David Jeremiah
"Therefore we do not lose heart... the inward man
is being renewed day by day." 2 Corinthians 4:16
Recommended Reading 2 Cor. 4:13-17
Thomas Carlyle labored with intensity on the first volume of a three-part study
of the French Revolution. He felt it could be his greatest work. He loaned the
manuscript to his friend John Stuart Mill to read, and Mill read it by the fire.
One morning the maid, cleaning the room and seeing the scattered pages on the
floor, threw them in the fire. When Carlyle learned his manuscript was burned to
ash, he sank into abysmal depression.
Some time later, still desolate, he saw a brick mason through the window. The
man was standing on a scaffold, singing and whistling to himself as he built the
wall of a house one brick at a time. Watching him, Carlyle decided he would
write his book again, one page at a time. His history of the revolution became
famous, and he is remembered as one of Scotland's literary giants.
Perhaps you've lost something very valuable to you. Don't give up. Tomorrow
still holds a bright promise, and the Lord blesses faithful, plodding work.
Let's take it step-by-step, day-by-day, and moment-by-moment.
"Looking to Jesus till glory doth shine, moment by moment, O Lord, I am Thine."
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Daniel Whittle
See Also:
Daily Morning and Evening Devotionals by Spurgeon
Daily Devotional: Today With Jesus
Daily Devotional: My Utmost for His Highest
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