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?
…the highest philosophy for persons thus afflicted is to understand themselves and their tendencies, to know that these fits of gloom and depression are just as much a form of disease as a fever or a toothache,
‘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
surrounded by the dead and in fear of being killed themselves that they heard the news of the hope that was born in a cave in Bethlehem and escaped from a tomb in Jerusalem.
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.