While John Witherspoon is a very cool relation to have, this one pleases me even more. Plus, I'm a direct descendant through his second wife, Lady Margaret Stewart. The man? John Knox.
While I don't think I would ever classify myself as a true Calvinist, I definitely lean towards the Reformed - probably more so than anything. The sovereignty of God is something that I have found to be one of the greatest comforts in the midst of my greatest heartbreak. It is an unchanging, unyielding, unfailing Truth. And I find that in His sovereignty, I can be content. Now. It took a while to get there, but that's perhaps a story for another day.
1 day ago
John Knox?! Whoa!
ReplyDeleteWaiting for the "story for another day." ;-)
Told you I had a cool one for today. :) Course, I couldn't figure out what else to say about him, thought the Wiki bio actually did a pretty decent job.
ReplyDeleteThe story for another day may be a few days in the coming - it's part of a pocket of my life that I don't take out very often. But we'll see what happens, I've gotten a lot less protective of that pocket lately.