Being and Doing – 6 July – Consecration

THE mark of a saint is not perfection, but consecration.   A saint is not a man without faults, but a man who has given himself without reserve to God.

Bishop WESTCOTT

ALL truly consecrated men learn little by little that what they are consecrated to is not only joy or sorrow, but a divine idea and a profound obedience, which can find their full outward expression not in joy, and not in sorrow, but in the mysterious and inseparable mingling of the two.

Under a cloud of circumstances we must walk;  but there is behind it that law and that truth which really made the life of Jesus the law of obedience and the truth of sonship – then for us, too, light shall come through the cloud, and mingling with the darkness make that new condition in which it is best for a man’s soul to live, that sweet and strong condition in which both joy and sorrow may have place, but which is greater than either of them the condition which He called peace.

PHILLIPS BROOKS

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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.