You have extended me, made space for me or made me greater than I am, given me more courage, patience, hope and comfort by the cross than what the natural man is able to receive. How mysterious is God in his love! Even though we do not know it, the cross serves to give our high status, our greatness, and our strength.
[Johann Georg Hamann, The Complete London Writings, Kleinig, tr., Lexham Academic (Bellingham: 2025), p. 194. This is a comment on Psalm 4:1.]
