ABIDING GRACE
Legend has it that Jonathan Edwards, third president of Princeton and one of America’s great preachers, had a daughter with an uncontrollable temper. As often happens, this fault was not known to many people outside the family. A young man fell in love with this daughter and asked to marry her. “You can’t have her,” was the abrupt answer of Jonathan Edwards. “But I love her,” the young man replied. “You can’t have her” repeated Edwards. “But she loves me,” replied the young man. Again Edwards said, “You can’t have her.” “Why?” asked the young man. “Because she is not worthy of you.” “But,” he asked, “She is a Christian, isn’t she?” “Yes, she is a Christian. But the grace of God can live with some people with whom no one else could ever live!”
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