"Turn to me and have mercy on me, as you always do to those who love your name. Direct my footsteps according to your word; let no sin rule over me."

~Psalm 119:132-133

Saturday, July 19, 2008

Prepared for Sacrifice

It is the habit of making sacrifices in small things that enables us for making them in great, when it is asked of us. Temper, love of preeminence, bodily indulgence, the quick retort, the sharp irony, in checking these let us find our cross and carry it. Or, when the moment comes for some really great service, the heart will be petrified for it, and the blinded eyes will not see the occasion of love.
~Anthony W. Thorold

Galatians 5:13-14 By love serve one another. For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this; Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.

~ Joy and Strength