Souls within bodies are like dwellers in a wave-washed city, besieged by land but not by sea. And the city may be taken, but its inhabitants, with all that is worth transport, will have embarked already on some glorious fresh adventure, banners flying and sails set.
Surely, if a human being has only as much real or apparent power of moulding or subduing circumstances as an acorn or other seed, it would be wise to study certain aspects of his relation to them.
It is better to busy one’s-self about the smallest thing in the world than to treat a half-hour as worthless.
It does not matter to where we have wandered – God seeks us out.
It does not matter how much we have failed – God smiles on us.
It does not matter how much we feel unworthy – God is well pleased with us.
Taste everything a little, look at everything a little; but live for one thing.
A man conscious of God could not be conscious of self or fret to draw notice to his words and acts.
The essence of the whole situation was to have in one’s heart the romance of pilgrimage, to expect experience, both sweet and bitter, to desire the goal rather than the prize;
Precept & Practice – JANUARY 8 – Consecration Whole-hearted consecration was ever to be the path to exceptional service. The stipulation includes all that we have previously spoken of as required. There are no gifts that we possess, emotional, intellectual, practical, which are not comprehended by it. There is no department of life into which the demand does not enter. The… Continue reading Precept & Practice – JANUARY 8 – Consecration
Is there anything more contemptible than the self-indulgent life of the rich to-day who stand by and see the perishing of the poor?
To live for common ends is to be common—
The highest faith makes still the highest man ;
For we grow like the things our souls believe,
And rise or sink, as we aim, high or low.
Suffolk Vicar 