Being and Doing – 16 September – Living in the Present
Each man has some part to play;
The Past and the Future are nothing,
In the face of the stern To-day.
Author: suffolkvicar
A vicar from Suffolk who writes things down to stop him endlessly talking about them
Being and Doing – 15 September – Day by Day
To shape the whole future is not our problem; but only to shape faithfully a small part of it, according to rules already known.
Being and Doing – 14 September – Daily Preparation
EARNESTNESS of life is the only passport to the satisfaction of life.
Being and Doing – 13 September – The Cross of Christ
TO TAKE up the Cross of Christ is no great action done once for all; it consists in the continual practice of small duties which are distasteful to us.
Being and Doing – 12 September – Hope Beneath the Waters
WE need as much the cross we bear
As air we breathe, as light we see;
It draws us to Thy side in prayer,
It binds us to our strength in Thee.
Being and Doing – 11 September – Daily Guidance
THE crosses which we make for ourselves by our over-anxiety as to the future are not heaven-sent crosses.
Being and Doing – 10 September – Loss and Gain
THUS I learned old pleasures are estranged,
Only that something better may be given –
Until, at last, we find this earth exchanged
For Heaven.
Being and Doing – 9 September – Blessings in Disguise
Many times what we fancied was hurtful has been of the greatest service; what we flinched from has made us happier….
Being and Doing – 8 September – Faith
What to thee is shadow, to Him is day,
And the end He knoweth,
And not on a blind and aimless way
The spirit goeth.
Being and Doing – 7 September – Simplicity
With each returning morning,
I cast old things away;
Life’s journey lies before me.
My prayer is for to-day.
Suffolk Vicar 