Category Archives: The Rare Jewel of Christian Contentment

All God’s Strokes…

Posted on June 19, 2020 by Tom Brainerd

All God’s strokes are strokes of love and mercy, All God’s ways are mercy and truth, to those who love Him and fear Him (Psalm 25.10). Jeremiah Burroughs, The Rare Jewel of Christian Contentment, Banner of Truth, 60.

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Then I am well enough…

Posted on June 18, 2020 by Tom Brainerd

Thus, a gracious heart thinks in this way: ‘The Lord has been pleased to bring down my circumstances; now if the Lord brings down my heart and makes it equal to my circumstances, then I am well enough.’   Jeremiah … Continue reading →

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Still my heart abides content…

Posted on June 17, 2020 by Tom Brainerd

How to join these two together: to be sensible of an affliction as much as a man or woman who is not content; I am sensible of it as fully as they, and I seek ways to be delivered of … Continue reading →

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Perversity in their hearts…

Posted on June 13, 2020 by Tom Brainerd

Not only must the tongue hold its peace; the soul must be silent. Many may sit silently, refraining from discontented expressions, yet inwardly they are bursting with discontent. This shows a complicated disorder and great perversity within their hearts. Jeremiah … Continue reading →

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