Being and Doing – 18 March – Resignation and Thankfulness
…you could not do more for yourself than by this thankful spirit; for it heals with a word spoken, and turns all that it touches into happiness.
Resisting the Prowling Lion – Day 21
How tempting it is as we make a little progress in the life of faith to pat ourselves on the back for thinking we must be ‘jolly good fellows’ for God to have chosen to love us and care for us!
Being and Doing – 17 March – Cheerfulness
Every complaining spirit… implied some dissatisfaction with God’s decrees, and a good deal of self love.
Being and Doing – 16 March – Contentment
God Almighty loves thee better and more wisely than thou dost thyself.
Resisting the Prowling Lion – Day 20
Resisting the Prowling Lion – 40 Days with Screwtape Day 20 – Thursday after 3rd Sunday of Lent To Read: From The Screwtape Letters: Screwtape, a senior demon, is offering advice to Wormwood his nephew, an apprentice demon. The language he uses is ‘upside down’ referring to God as ‘the Enemy’ and the devil as ‘Our… Continue reading Resisting the Prowling Lion – Day 20
Resisting the Prowling Lion – Day 19
Having given everything away to love and serve God the work, though difficult is not demanding, though dealing with dark places is full of light and, even when walking amongst intense sadness there is to be found an immense amount of joy!
Being and Doing – 15 March – Cheerfulness
God bless the good-natured, for they bless everybody else.
Resisting the Prowling Lion – Day 18
‘Nothing’ when not faced down with belief gobbles up everything!
Being and Doing – 14 March – Looking on the Bright Side
Few of us, indeed, realise the wonderful privilege of living; the blessings we inherit; the glories and beauties of the universe, which is our own if we choose to have it so;
Being and Doing – 13 March – Looking on the Bright Side
MANY of our cares are but a morbid way of looking at our privileges. We let our blessings get mouldy, and then call them ‘ curses.’
