Edward Taylor Huswifery

A key figure in the discovery of gold in Australia was Edward Hammond Hargraves. Hargraves was born in October 7, 1816, Gosport, United Kingdom

Faith in Christ is the stronghold for Helen Burns. She considers living to the glory of God the purpose of her life. Her troubles and sorrows do not sway her faith, for she declares it her “duty to bear it” (56). For Helen, living a fruitful life means imitating the character of Christ. When Jane inquires why she allows her superiors to treat her unjustly, Helen first replies that Christ

One night at eight o’clock, Charles Colson visited a friend named Tom Phillipse. Before his acceptance of Christ, Tom lived much as Colson did; he was a ruthless businessman who ventured any measure upon which to win his way. Amidst witnessing Tom’s change briefly himself, Colson decided to make this additional visit. During this visit, Tom explained further to Colson his transformation and offered him a book called “Mere Christianity” by C. S. Lewis.

The Sacred Romance Drawing Closer to the Heart of God by Brent Curtis and John Eldredge is an interesting book that’s supposedly filled with useful information about how to live like a Christian and become more like Christ. However, this book has many issues. Brent Curtis and John Eldredge attempt to get us as readers to understand how to live and be more like Christ by comparing the pains and sufferings we all go through in our everyday lives to that of arrows piercing our hearts. As Curtis and Eldredge talked about arrows piercing our hearts I realized there have been times in my life that happened to me. Finally, after reading the book I realized that this book has the potential of being an interesting read but, it’s many errors leave us as readers confused.

We have now come to the fourth and final book of Mere Christianity. In this book, the author takes us to the place in our Christian growth where we begin to rely more heavily on the power of God and less on ourselves to become the being that God originally intended for us to be — a son of God. He begins with an explanation of the difference between “making” and “begetting”.

“Faith is what someone knows to be true, whether they believe it or not.” Whether provoked by doctor’s grim diagnosis or inspired by something else, these words of Flannery O’Connor are a good example of how one should always follow this rule in order to meet their expectations of life. However, it is in our human nature to think, dream, and imagine things that are far from our knowledge. O’Connor’s “Good Country People” tells the story of Hulga, a girl with an artificial leg who loses it after blindly believing the lies of astute Manley Pointer, a Bible salesman. Using the example of Hulga, “Good Country People” proves how unrealistic expectations can lead to unhappiness and dissatisfaction. This happens because faith does not play a role

The depiction of such different Gods between the two Puritan ministers stems from their overall goal in their writing. Taylor’s goal in writing is purely for the glory of God and his own expression of feelings towards Him. Edward Taylor’s works are too bright and cheerful for the Puritan conservatives at the time and do not serve for moral instruction as most literature should. In his work, “Upon Wedlock, and Death of Children,” he describes,

Huswifery is a poem made up of an extended metaphor that uses items found at home, in this case, a spinning wheel, to describe the steps he wants to take in becoming closer to God and living in grace. Taylor is asking God to make him his servant, and to make use of him. He asks God to cover up his soul with yarn, and cover up the bad in him. He then asks God to use him as a loom, and to knit a something of the yarn he has made, which could be seen as him asking God to let him use his gifts to do public service, or good for the world. In the last couple of lines it seems he is saying that he wants to be dressed in the clothes that were woven by God. He wants to bring glory to God, and wants to be dressed in holy robes so that he can one day

“When something is important enough, you do it even if the odds are not in your favor.”

Once he has been completely woven, and all the essentials of a God-serving heart are completed, he then goes on to ask of the Lord that He not just leave him plain and dull. He wants to be dyed with "heavenly colors choice." and "pinked with varnished flowers of paradise." A garment that has been woven and is left plain is very functional for the owner of that garment, but will not be beautiful or attractive to others. No one else will feel a great desire to have a similar one for themselves. One possible interpretation of this point is to think that the author is now turning away from God and seeking his own glory, asking that others be envious of him. However, this would not fall in line with the very humble, God-serving attitude displayed throughout each of the stanzas. It seems more likely that he desires

Chapter four focused more on recognizing potential. Evaluating future potential is troublesome. As talked about in chapter four, matchers and takers have a hindrance in making important systems they search out just individuals who can profit them today. They don’t make plans for the future. This overlooks underestimated individuals who bloom into extraordinary achievement, whom providers help without desire of return. Give and Take talks about why providers have a tendency to be better judges and designers of ability. Another point that they talked about was the Pygmalion effect, which is a self-fulfilling prophecy where having higher expectations about a person leads to performance increases in that person. The Pygmalion impact happens on the grounds that the instructor responds diversely to a man in view of her desires. To somebody of

In this essay I will be comparing Lass, a sheep dog, and her master’s relationship, with our relationship with God. I will be discussing the values that Mr. Keller saw in Lass, and distractions that often influenced Lass. Through these trials their relationship became stronger. God can use you for something spectacular for His glory.

Henry, M. (2003). I am the truth: toward a philosophy of Christianity. Stanford, Calif: Stanford University Press.

“Life is made up of many windows and real life is only one of them.“

Since the beginning of Christianity, there has been a constant struggle between the believer and the fight to maintain faith. It is a normal feeling to have some frustration in balancing one’s faith with the natural and sometimes sinful reality of life. George Herbert offers his readers a glance into this private skirmish that each and every one of us deals with, but seemingly no one wants to speak about. In multiple pieces of his work, George Herbert provides a habitual look into his personal struggle in his relationship with God. By studying Herbert’s struggle to maintain his faith in his work entitled the “The Collar”, it is easy to see that this inner fight was something that Herbert spent much time in anguish over. After performing a complete analysis of this famous poem, one can conclude that although Herbert had an obvious fight with his faith, in the end, he was a firm and authentic believer and follower of God.