Be surprised at nothing.

Be surprised at nothing. Let peace and stillness flood through you and envelop you completely in its cloak. Put on the whole armor of love – and yet feel, feel very deeply. Let tears flow, washing away impurities until you feel clean within and clean without. Become like an empty vessel ready to be filled … Read more

Recognize negativism and inferiority

Recognize negativism and inferiority attitudes as enemies – do not try to dress them as your friends. you will be tempted to look upon negativism as prudence and inferiorities as humility. Strip off those false cloaks and see these attitudes in their nakedness – as enemies of you and of your possibilities. E. Stanley Jones

It is obvious enough

It is obvious enough for the reader to conclude, \”She loves young Emerson.\” A reader in Lucy’s place would not find it obvious. Life is easy to chronicle, but bewildering to practice, and we welcome \”nerves\” or any other shibboleth that will cloak our personal desire. She loved Cecil; George made her nervous; will the … Read more

I have found strength

I have found strength where one does not look for it: in simple, mild, and pleasant people, without the least desire to rule — and, conversely, the desire to rule has often appeared to me a sign of inward weakness: they fear their own slave soul and shroud it in a royal cloak (in the … Read more

On this earth all

On this earth all is temptation. Crosses tempt us by irritating our pride, and prosperity by flattering it. Our life is a continual combat, but one in which Jesus Christ fights for us. We must pass on unmoved, while temptations rage around us, as the traveler, overtaken by a storm, simply wraps his cloak more … Read more