The Lord is my firm support. Psalm eighteen two. Samuel Rutherford knew God as his firm support. In 1637, he wrote in one of his letters, I know that no man hath a velvet cross, but that the cross is made of that which God will have it. Another of his words which can encourage us today is, when I lose breath climbing up the mountain, he maketh new breath. What a firm support our Lord is to even the weakest of his children. Amy Carmichael.

The first of his comforts is this, that he has said to my soul, I am your salvation. He saves us, not because of any merit in us or any deserving of our own, but because sovereign grace chose us and divine compassion redeemed us. And when we were far off, infinite pity brought us back and made us near by the precious blood of Christ. A saved sinner can truly say, your comforts delight my soul. Susanna Spurgeon.