­­Being and Doing – 19 September – Arrangement and Economy of Time

YOU need not suppose that I am in a constant hurry of business.   Although my engagements have now so much increased that I scarcely know how to get through them, yet I have accustomed myself to preserve a certain quietness of mind among them all.  I take up one thing in order after another.   I try to fix my whole thoughts upon on the one thing that lies before me, as if I had nothing else to attend to.   In this way I get on very well;  what is done is done systematically;  my mind remains clear, and does not feel oppressed by a multitude of claims on its attention.

Let the duties that lie nearest you be always the most imperative;  the members of your own home-circle will always have the first claim on your affection and usefulness.   I lay this down as an unalterable rule.

A. SIEVEKING

IN God’s designs there is no haste, no rest, no weariness, no discontinuity;  all things are done by Him in the majesty of silence, and they are seen under a light that shineth quietly in the darkness, ‘showing all things in the slow history of their ripening.’

Archdeacon FARRAR

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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.