Thank God—Sunday—Easter Sunday, no less—is *just about* here! In order to help get us ready for the church's Sabbath worship of God, here is Thomas Watson—from his, "A Divine Cordial," (or, "All things for Good”) book. (I have made a few slight clarifying emendations.) . . .
"We love a saint, though he has many personal failings. There is no per-fection here in this fallen world. In some believers, rash anger still pre-vails; in some Christians, inconstancy [instability]; in some of God’s peo-ple, too much love of the world."A saint in this life is like gold in the ore: much dross of infirmity still cleaves to him. Still, we love him for the grace that is in him. A saint is like a beautiful face with a scar: we love the beautiful face of holiness, though there be a scar in it. The best emerald has its blemishes; the brightest stars have their twinklings; and the best of the saints have their failings.
"You that cannot love another because of his infirmities, how would you have God love you?"
