See that you buy the field where the Pearl is; sell all, and make a purchase of salvation. Think it not easy: for it is a steep ascent to eternal glory: many are lying dead by the way, slain with security.
Samuel RutherfordRead
Let your children be as so many flowers, borrowed from God. If the flowers die or wither, thank God for a summer loan of them.
Interpretation
What this quote means
Children are precious gifts, and we should cherish them while acknowledging their temporary nature.
This quote reflects the idea that children are like beautiful flowers, given to us for a time. It encourages gratitude for the joy they bring, even if their time in our lives is limited, reminding us to appreciate their presence and the lessons they teach.
Themes
ChildrenFamilyGratitudeLifeGod
In practice
Example use cases
During a family gathering, you might share this quote to celebrate the joy of being with loved ones.
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I know that, as night and shadows are good for flowers, and moonlight and dews are better than a continual sun, so is Christ's absence of special use, and that it hath some nourishing virtue in it, and giveth sap to humility, and putteth an edge on hunger, and funisheth a fairfield to faith to put forth itself, and to exercise its fingers in gripping it seeth not what.
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Those who can take that crabbed tree handsomely upon their back, and fasten it on cannily, shall find it such a burden as wings unto a bird, or sails to a ship.
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You will not be carried to Heaven lying at ease upon a feather bed.
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Millions of hells of sinners cannot come near to exhaust infinite grace.
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