Sep
16
2011
Still my friend
“I saw my sin most barbarous and a filthy crime. I had to conclude, with great shame and astonishment, that I had horribly abused the holy Son of God. I felt my soul greatly to love him and my heart to yearn for him, for I saw that he was still my friend and did reward me good for evil. . . . I thought, had I a thousand gallons of blood within my veins, I could freely have spilled it all at the feet of this my Lord and Savior.”
John Bunyan, Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners (Edinburgh, n.d.), page 75. Style simplified.