When we grow careless of keeping our souls, then God recovers our taste of good things again by sharp crosses.
Richard SibbesThere are no men more careful of the use of means than those that are surest of a good issue and conclusion, for the one stirs up diligence in the other. Assurance of the end stirs up diligence in the means. For the soul of a believing Christian knows that God has decreed both.
Richard Sibbes