Character and Conduct – 4 April – Irritability
…most nervous, irritable states of temper are the mere physical result of a used-up condition.
…most nervous, irritable states of temper are the mere physical result of a used-up condition.
Our friends are nice people, after all; the little things that annoyed us look ridiculous by bright sunshine; and we are fortunate individuals.
How can we live and think that any one has trouble – piercing trouble – and we could help them and never try?
‘My dear sir, there are times when I know I am possessed of the Devil, and then I never let myself speak!’
Our Beloved in leaving us does not leave us desolate but leaves reminders of his presence. Perhaps not in an enchanted place but in ordinary things
To be able to provide a home for another is a precious gift, to know that our Beloved provides a home for us makes all our challenges, whether they involve squatting bishops or not, melt away.
TO have suffered much is like knowing many languages. You have learnt to understand all, and to make yourself intelligible to all.
The sick-bed or the prison is as welcome as the harvest-field or the battlefield, when once your soul has come to value as the end of life the privilege of seeking and of finding Him.
Our Beloved looks upon us in the midst of all the mess of our sins and, not ‘blinching’ at all, demonstrates his love by stretching out His arms to embrace the whole world on the tree of Calvary.
This was not the only time since I have been in Holy Orders I have been threatened with a fire arm but it is the one when I prayed the deepest and hardest…