I compare the troubles which we have
to undergo in the course of the year to a great bundle of wood, far too large for us to lift. But
God does not require us to carry the whole at once. He mercifully unties the
bundle, and gives us first one stick, which we are to carry today, and then
another, which we are to carry tomorrow, and so on. This we might easily
manage, if we would only take the burden appointed for each day; but we choose
to increase our troubles by carrying yesterday's stick over again today, and
adding tomorrow's burden to the load, before we are required to bear it.
John Newton
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