Mary Forbes Winslow (1774–1854) was the wife of a British Army officer and the mother of 13 children, including the Victorian Baptist and Anglican minister Octavius Winslow, a contemporary of Charles Spurgeon and J.C. Ryle. Mary Winslow's journal entries sparkle with a love for Christ and evidence of a deep work of God in her own soul. She suffered many afflictions in her life from burying an infant child to shortly after finding out her husband died. Mary was left as a widow with nine ... continue reading...
Directly from the Father’s Hand – {Psalm 31:15}
How often do we find ourselves trying to seek control and manipulate challenging circumstances that come about in our lives instead of first and foremost surrendering ourselves and our circumstances to the loving and authoritative, sovereign hand of the Lord? The reminder in Psalm 31:15 is, "My times are in your hand." God has ordained every circumstance of our lives to be worked out for our good and for His glory. We can rest knowing that every aspect of our lives is under His divine ... continue reading...