Today I was thinking about this quote, one of my all-time favorites. It was written by Jonathon Edwards of the woman who would one day become his wife. It is my prayer for Jesus to make and mold me into such a breathtaking woman, evincing the truest, purest beauty of Jesus Christ and drawing all eyes to Him, never to myself.
"They say
there is a young lady in New Haven who is beloved of that Great Being who made
and rules the world. They say that He fills her mind with exceeding sweet
delight, and that she hardly cares for anything except to meditate on Him. If
you present all the world to her, with the richest of its treasures, she disregards
it. She is unmindful of any pain or affliction. She has a singular purity in
her affections. You could not persuade her to compromise her true Love, even if
you would give her all the world. She possesses a wonderful sweetness,
calmness, and kindness to those around her. She will sometimes go about from
place to place, singing sweetly. She seems to be always full of joy and pleasure,
and no one knows exactly why. She loves to be alone, walking in the fields and
groves, and seems to have Someone invisible always conversing with her."
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