Being and Doing – 12 January – Contentment With Our Lot
If we cannot work out the Will of God where God has placed us, then why has He placed us there?
Author: suffolkvicar
A vicar from Suffolk who writes things down to stop him endlessly talking about them
Being and Doing – 11 January – Man Cannot Choose His Duties
Whatever kind of life you are to live must be lived amid precisely the experiences in which you are now moving. Here you must win your victories or suffer your defeats.
Being and Doing – 10 January – Man Cannot Choose His Duties
What you call hindrances, obstacles, discouragements, are probably God’s opportunities.
Being and Doing – 9 January – Man Cannot Choose His Duties
THE common problem… is not to fancy what were fair in life… but finding first what may be, then find how to make it fair
Being and Doing – 8 January – The Will of God
Every act of love and kindliness is only possible because it is part of the divine love
Hearts of Gold… and Frankincense, and Myrrh
At Epiphany we cannot all make offerings of Gold, Frankincense, and Myrrh but we can give our hearts and with them our treasure, our worship and our failings.
Being and Doing – 7 January – Self-Renunciation.
When we serve we rule.
When we give we have.
When we surrender ourselves we are victors.
We are most ourselves when we lose sight of ourselves.
Being and Doing – 6 January – Self-Surrender
following is not in the outer actions of your life… but it is in the inner surrender of the soul
Being and Doing – 5 January – Self-Sacrifice
True glory lies in the silent conquest of ourselves.
Being and Doing – 4 January – Ideal Life
Our lives are not our own to do with whatever we will. The Ideal Life is one given away for others and in the giving being found.
Suffolk Vicar 