Words of Worth

The Privilege to Speak of Christ

Just hours before watching Billy Graham’s funeral today, March 2, 2018, I read, as part of my personal devotions, an excerpt from C. H. Spurgeon’s, Morning and Evening, about the apostle Paul’s privilege to speak of Christ.

To me, though I am the very least of all the saints, this grace was given, to preach to the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ,
Ephesians 3:8

By Paul’s own admission, it was an intense privilege to preach the Gospel, and one for which he was humbly thankful. He, though the very least of the saints, was granted grace…

“Better than your day of birth…”

Imagine that Solomon were your substitute teacher for a day and he gave you this quiz:

True or False

1. I like thinking about my birthday better than my dying day.
2. I like weddings better than funerals.
3. I like laughing better than crying.
4. I like compliments better than criticism.

If you answered “true” to any, or all of the questions, you would have done poorly in class that day because…