A tender heart, a soft hand, an iron memory – Thomas Brooks

(“Words of counsel to a dear dying friend”)

Look upon your dying day as your reaping day. Now you shall reap the fruit of . . .
all the prayers that you have ever made, and
of all the tears that you have ever shed, and
of all the sighs and groans that you have ever fetched, and
of all the good words that you have ever spoken, and
of all the good works that you have ever done, and
of all the great things that you have ever suffered.

When mortality shall put on immortality, you shall then reap a plentiful crop, a glorious crop, as the fruit of that good seed, which for a time, has seemed to be buried and lost.

As Christ has a tender heart and a soft hand, so He has an iron memory. He precisely remembers . . .
all the sorrows, and
all the services, and
all the sufferings of His people,
to reward them and crown them.

Behold, I am coming soon! My reward Is with Me, and I will give to everyone according to what he has done.” Revelation 22:12