Christian Autobiography

It would be a good thing for Christians to take the time and write an autobiography. By this, I don't mean a man-centered writing in which one praises one's own life and work. Rather, it should be a running account of how God brought one from life to death, and how God sanctifies one in the Christian life and walk. What a testimony to those who follow. Along these lines, listen to the discerning words of Flavel:

"Ah, sirs, let me tell you, there is not such a pleasant history for you to read in all the world as the history of your own lives, if you would but sit down and record from the beginning hitherto what God has been to you, and done for you; what signal manifestations and outbreakings of His mercy, faithfulness and love there have been in all the conditions you have passed through. If your hearts do not melt before you have gone half through that history, they are hard hearts indeed." - John Flavel, The Mystery of Providence (Edinburgh: Banner of Truth, 1963; first published, 1678), p. 118.