Being and Doing – 9 December – Courage

WE MAKE our victory a great deal more difficult than it ought to be by want of courage.   There are many faults and many weaknesses which require nothing more than a decisive effort, a determined push to overcome them at once and for ever.   If you want to live a Christian life, do not dally with your purpose;  do not fancy that you will find it easier to win your way by degrees, and that by a gradual change you may attain to the same end with less pain than you fear will be given by a sudden wrench.   Nothing can be a greater mistake.   Press into the enemy’s citadel at once;  do not wait outside till he has had time to shoot you down…   

Be assured that God will help you.   Be assured that Christ will give you strength…  

I know you will meet with many failures between this and the grave;  but I am sure that you will meet with fewer failures in proportion to your courage, for this kind of courage is but another form of faith, and faith can work any miracle whatever, even the greatest miracle of all, bringing your soul to God.

Bishop TEMPLE

FALLEN threads I will not search for – I will weave.

G. MACDONALD

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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.