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
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.
Interpretation
What this quote means
Embracing challenges can lead to unexpected benefits and support in one's journey.
This quote by Samuel Rutherford illustrates the idea that those who are able to bear their burdens thoughtfully and skillfully will find that these very challenges can become a source of strength and liberation, much like wings on a bird or sails on a ship that enable flight and voyage. It emphasizes the transformative power of viewing difficulties as opportunities for growth and empowerment.
Themes
BurdenStrengthOpportunityGrowthChallenge
In practice
Example use cases
This quote can be shared during a motivational speech to encourage someone facing adversity.
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Oh thrice fools are we who like new-born princes weeping in the cradle know not that there is a kingdom before them then let our Lord's sweet hand square us and hammer us and strike off the knots of pride self-love and world-worship and infidelity that He may make us stones and pillars in His Father's house.
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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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