[ ... ]when we have been brought very low and helped, sorel… - John Newton

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[ ... ]when we have been brought very low and helped, sorely wounded and healed, cast down and raised again, have given up all hope — and been suddenly snatched from danger, and placed in safety; and when these things have been repeated to us and in us a thousand times over, we begin to learn to trust simply to the word and power of God, beyond and against appearances[....]

John Newton

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About John Newton

John Newton (24 July 1725 – 21 December 1807) was a British slave trader who later became an abolitionist and a convert to Christianity. He came to be a clergyman and songwriter. He is known for writing the lyrics to the historical hymn, Amazing Grace.

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We can easily manage if we will only take, each day, the burden appointed to it. But the load will be too heavy for us if we carry yesterday's burden over again today, and then add the burden of the morrow before we are required to bear it.

We are engaged in a good cause, fight under a good Captain, the victory is sure beforehand, and the prize is a crown — a crown of eternal life.

What makes this tree different from other trees therefore has nothing to do with what happens to it but rather with where it has been planted.

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