Precept & Practice – MAY 17 – Kindliness
Kindness has converted more sinners than either zeal, eloquence, or learning; and these three never converted any one, unless they were kind also.
Author: suffolkvicar
A vicar from Suffolk who writes things down to stop him endlessly talking about them
Precept & Practice – MAY 16 – Judging
Judge nothing before the time. Till you know all, you are not fit to judge.
Precept & Practice – MAY 15 – Men of Maxims
It is not for us men to apportion the shares of moral guilt and retribution.
Precept & Practice – MAY 14 – Judging
Just judgment must then be slow, and one mark of unjust judgment is its haste.
Precept & Practice – MAY 13 – Think and let Think
Opinion is the prerogative of man; judgment is the prerogative of God.
Precept & Practice – MAY 12 – Advice
Hearts are like flowers: they remain open to the softly-falling dew, but shut up in the violent downpour of rain,
Precept & Practice – MAY 11 – Discourteousness
Cultivate the great art of leaving people alone, even those you think you have a right to direct in the minutest particular.
Selective Hearing
I’ve never understood the saying ‘as miserable as sin’. Personally I find sin, for the most part, quite enjoyable, else why would we persist in it. It’s what happens after sin, after hearing but not listening, that brings the pain.
Precept & Practice – MAY 10 – Unselfishness
Have a heart that never hardens, and a temper that never tires, and a touch that never hurts.
Precept & Practice – MAY 9 – Castles in the Air
Think of all the rare materials that are ready to our hand, the possibilities of loving service, the priceless memories that we have garnered, the constant perception of beauties in the characters of others…..
Suffolk Vicar 