Monday, November 5, 2018

Richard Baxter on Navigating Friendships

I have felt this way. And I have been this way!

“Thy friends here have been thy delight, and have they not also been thy vexation and grief? They are gracious, and are they not also sinful? They are kind, and are they not soon displeased? They are humble, but, alas, how proud also! Their graces are sweet, and their gifts helpful; but are not their corruptions bitter, and their imperfections hurtful? And art thou so loath to go from them to thy God?”

From Richard Baxter, The Saints’ Everlasting Rest.