The Harbor is Safe
“A ship in harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for.”
temptation
The Importance of Anger
“If you are seized with anger towards someone, try to imagine that both you and he must die; how insignificant his fault will then appear, and how unjust your anger, even if formally justified.”
Continue To Struggle
“We must not be frightened nor cajoled into accepting evil as deliverance from evil. We must go on struggling to be human, though monsters of abstractions police and threaten us.”
Nearer
“Every temptation is an opportunity of our getting nearer to God.” –John Quincy Adams Reading these words this morning made me think of the temptation of silence. When, today, will I choose to be quiet instead of speak? It is so much easier to remain silent than to speak, for me. Yet how many times … Read more