Bankrupts

“A man is a man, though he be a bankrupt; he has a beings though his well-beitig is lost. So a believer may be truly alive unto God, though by his carelessness he has lost all the wealth of the spiritual life, and has fallen into soul poverty. Such a man should not despair, but with deep humiliation he should begin again. A tradesman who has failed will take to a humble calling to earn his bread, and so should a Christian who has broken down in his spiritual estate take a lowly position, and with all diligence labour to glorify the Lord better than before.

O my Lord, give me good speed in heavenly business, lest I fail, and do an injury to thy cause. But if I have already made a miscarriage of my life’s endeavours, then set me on my feet again, for I am still thy child. “I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek thy servant; for I do not forget thy commandments.”