The Bible – A Book For The Unsuccessful
The Bible is book for the unsuccessful. Its sweetest messages are to those who have fallen. It is the book of love and sympathy. It is like a mother’s bosom to lay one’s head upon in the time of distress or pain.
Its pages are filled with cheer for those who are discouraged. It sets its lamps of hope to shine in darkened chambers. It reaches out its hands of help to the weary, and to those who have fallen. It is full of comfort for those who are in sorrow.
It has its many special promises for the needy, the poor, and the bereft. It is a book for those who have failed, for the disappointed, the defeated, and the discouraged.
It is this quality in the Bible, which makes it so dear to the heart of humanity. If it were a book only for the strong, the successful, the victorious, the unfallen, those who have no sorrow, who never fail, who are always happy, it would not find such a welcome wherever it goes in the world.
So long as there are tears and sorrows, and broken hearts, and crushed hopes, and human failures, and lives burdened and bowed down, and spirits sad and despairing, the Bible will be full of inspiration, light, help, and strength for earth’s weary ones.
- J. R. Miller
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