day no. 16,058: getting hammered for God

In France, there is a monument to the Huguenots who died as martyrs for the cause of Christ. These words are inscribed on the monument...

Hammer away, ye unregenerate hands.

Your hammer breaks, God’s anvil stands.

The Word of God outlives all its critics.

Luke 20:17-18

And he beheld them, and said, "What is this then that is written, 'The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner?' Whosoever shall fall upon that stone shall be broken; but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder."

The Word of God made flesh outlived all His critics.

Those who fall upon Him live while those who refuse fall prey to Him.

"The anvil breaks a host of hammers by quietly bearing their blows."

-- Charles Haddon Spurgeon, Morning and Evening