I had often sought for the peace there is in Christ, but I could not seem to find the freedom I desired. A terrible sadness rested on my heart. I could not think of anything I had done to cause me to feel sad; but it seemed to me that I was not good enough to enter Heaven, that such a thing would be altogether too much for me to expect.
Freedom Good Peace

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About Ellen G. White

Ellen G. White was American author and co-founder of the seventh-day adventist church. Ellen Gould White was an American author, and was both the prophet and a co-founder of the Seventh-day Adventist Church. Along with other Adventist leaders, such as Joseph Bates and her husband James White, she was influential within a small group of early Adventists who formed what became known as the Seventh-day Adventist Church. Read more on Wikipedia →

Themes

  • Freedom — The value of liberty, independence, and self-determination
  • Peace — The pursuit of harmony, reconciliation, and inner calm

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