Be deaf, be blind, be dead to gossip, and it will grow disgusted with you and select a more sensitive victim.
Charles SpurgeonHope itself is like a star- not to be seen in the sunshine of prosperity, and only to be discovered in the night of adversity.
Charles SpurgeonIt has come to be a dreadfully common belief in the Christian Church that the only man who has a โcallโ is the man who devotes all his time to what is called โthe ministry,โ whereas all Christian service is ministry, and every Christian has a call to some kind of ministry or another.
Charles Spurgeon