In the house of the righteous there is much treasure. (Proverbs 15:6) no matter your circumstances; no matter the affliction…even if you are poor and you dont have a stool to sit on, or a dish to eat from: there is much treasure if you are clothed in the righteousness of Christ.

A little before his death, in speaking briefly to his younger daughter, Jonathan Edwards said: ‘Dear Lucy, it seems to me to be the will of God, that I must shortly leave you; therefore give my kindest love to my dear wife, and tell her, that the uncommon union, which has so long subsisted between us, has been of such a nature, as I trust is spiritual, and therefore will continue for ever. And I hope she will be supported under so great a trial and submit cheerfully to the will of God. And as to my children, you are now like to be left fatherless, which I hope will be an inducement to you all, to seek a Father who will never fail you.' (c.1758)