Seriousness is not a virtue. It would be a heresy, but a much more sensible heresy, to say that seriousness is a vice. It is really a natural trend to lapse into taking oneself seriously, because it is the easiest thing to do. It is much easier to write a good Times leading article than … Continue reading “SERIOUSNESS”
SERENITY
Grant me the serenity to accept things I cannot change; the courage to change things I can and wisdom to know the difference. Reinhold Niebhur Let nothing good or bad upset the balance of your life. Thomas à Kempis
SEPARATION
Do not be yoked together with unbelievers. For what do righteousness and wickedness have in common? Or what fellowship can light have with darkness? The Bible, 2 Corinthians 5:21 kjv And what is all this contention and separation for? Oh, they will tell you it is for the true and sincere worship of God; that … Continue reading “SEPARATION”
SENTIMENTALITY
Sentimentality is no indication of a warm heart. Nothing weeps more copiously than a chunk of ice. Author unknown
SENSUALITY
The Ten Marks of a Flesh-Pleaser The signs of a flesh-pleaser or sensualist are these: 1. When a man in his desire to please his appetite, does not do it with a view to a higher end, that is to say to the preparing himself for the service of God; but does it only for … Continue reading “SENSUALITY”
SELFLESSNESS
If you take little account of yourself, you will have peace, wherever you live. Abba Poemen
SELF-UNDERSTANDING
See: Self-knowledge
SELF-SURRENDER
A year of self-surrender will bring larger blessings than fourscore year of selfishness. Author unknown It requires heroic courage and self-surrender to hold firmly to a simple faith and to keep singing the same tune confidently while grace itself seems to be singing a different one in another key, giving us the impression that we … Continue reading “SELF-SURRENDER”
SELF-SUFFICIENCY
We are all weak, finite, simple human beings, standing in the need of prayer. None need it so much as those who think they are strong, those who know it not, but are deluded by self-sufficiency. Harold C. Phillips Do not be self-sufficient but place your trust in God. Thomas à Kempis
SELF-SEEKING
Who pants for glory finds but short repose: A breath revives him, or a breath o’erthrows. Alexander Pope Love is never self-seeking, for in whatever a person seeks himself there he falls from love. Thomas à Kempis