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b'On October 5, 1703, in East Windsor, Connecticut, Jonathan Edwards was\\nborn\\u2014the son of Timothy Edwards, a pastor, and Esther Edwards, his wife.\\nYoung Jonathan soon found himself surrounded by ten sisters, who\\u2014because of\\ntheir average height of six feet\\u2014came to be identified by the townsfolk as\\nTimothy\\u2019s sixty feet of daughters.\\n.\\nJonathan was a gifted child and progressed easily through his father\\u2019s\\nrigorous home schooling and, at a young age, came to trust Jesus Christ as\\nhis Savior. From very early on, Jonathan was concerned about his\\nrelationship with God. At times, he worried about the possibility that he\\nwas not converted. His diary provided\\nhim a tool for examining what God had done in his life. As he approached\\nhis nineteenth birthday, he even wrote his \\u201cResolutions,\\u201d a series of\\ninstructions for life and guidelines for personal examination. For\\nJonathan, these resolutions became a spiritual discipline that encouraged\\nhim in his walk with Christ and were one of two great interests in his\\nyoung life.\\n.\\nThe second area of young Jonathan\\u2019s interest was the creation around him.\\nHe was fascinated with the star-studded sky and God\\u2019s bountiful display\\nlaid out in nature. As he walked daily in the densely wooded New England\\ncountryside, he would spend hours contemplating the intricacies of a spider\\nweb or the wonders of creation all around him.\\n.\\nBut Jonathan\\u2019s curiosity and delight in God, His works, and His world\\nlingered long beyond his teenage years. Edwards entered Yale College at age\\nthirteen, later graduated with a master\\u2019s degree, and was eventually called\\nto pastor a church in Northampton, Massachusetts.\\n.\\nLike Jonathan Edwards, we as Christians can take great comfort in God\\u2019s\\nlove for us in Jesus, reveling in the beauty of the universe He made and\\nknowing that He walks alongside us no matter what challenges we face in our\\nwalk with Him. \\u2022 Mark Congrove\\n.\\n\\u2022 Jonathan Edwards grew in his faith by reflecting on his Creator while\\nspending time in nature. Consider setting aside time each day to think\\nabout the wonders of creation. What are some ways you could take notice of\\nsome of the small details God included in His world?\\n.\\n\\u2022 Read Philippians 4:8 and Ephesians 5:15-17. How can setting goals further\\nour walk with Jesus?\\n.\\nPay careful attention, then, to how you walk\\u2014not as unwise people but as\\nwise\\u2014making the most of the time, because the days are evil. Ephesians\\n5:15-16 (CSB)\\n\\xa0\\nRead Verses:\\n1Tim.4.7-1Tim.4.8|Eph.5.15-Eph.5.16'