Being and Doing – 24 June – Ideal Life Possible to All

NOW, believe me, God hides some ideal in every human soul.   At some time in our life we feel a trembling, fearful longing to do some good thing.   Life finds its noblest spring of excellence in this hidden impulse to do our best.   There is a time when we are not content to be such merchants, or doctors, or lawyers, as we see on the dead level or below it.   The woman longs to glorify her womanhood as sister, wife or mother…   Here is God – God standing silently at the door all day long – God whispering to the soul that to be pure and true is to succeed in life, and whatever we get short of that will burn up like stubble, though the whole world try to save it.

ROBERT COLLYER

NO DWARFIN of your growth in years that are past, no apparent dryness of your inward springs of life, no crookedness or deformity in any of your past development, can in the least mar the perfect work that He will accomplish, if you will only put yourselves absolutely in His hands, and let Him have His own way with you.

H.W.S.

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These quotes are from ‘Being and Doing’ A selection of helpful thoughts from various authors arranged for daily reading.

Collected by Constance M Whishaw and first published in 1908 for members of the Being and Doing Guild whose object is to do all they can for the relief of suffering and misery.

Most of the writers are 19th Century Christians from Britain and Europe who were committed to living their faith through deeds as well as words – Being AND Doing.

For many years these words have kept me company and encouraged me on the journey of faith.  I hope they will encourage others also.