If I am not today all that I hope to be, yet I see Jesus, and that assures me that I shall one day be like Him.
Charles SpurgeonChrist also takes from us all inclination or power to boast of our national prestige. To me, it is prestige enough to be a Christian--to bear the cross Christ gives me to carry and to follow in the footsteps of the great Crossbearer.
Charles Spurgeon