Finally, be ye all of one mind, having compassion one of another, love as brethren, be pitiful, be courteous: .
1 Peter 3:8 (KJV)
Courtesy Is Eternal
Coventry Patmore says somewhere that courtesy is the only virtue that will be practiced in heaven. I wonder if that is so? Courage? No, for there will be nothing to fear there. Hope? No, for our life will leave nothing to be desired. Charity? No, for then we shall hunger no more, neither shall we thirst. Sympathy? No, for there shall be no more crying. But there will still be room for the exercise of courtesy, the kindly greeting and salutation of one soul by another.
Immanuel Kant had a saying, “Always treat a human being as a person, that is, as an end in himself, and not merely as means to your end.” The personality of our selves we feel very intensely, and we are outraged when others seem to ignore that personality in us, but the personality of others we do not sense so keenly.
—C. E. Macartney
Daily Meditations by Pat Nordman ©
October 20
"I cannot praise a fugitive and cloistered virtue, unexercised and un-breathed, that never sallies out and sees her
adversary, but slinks out of the race, where that immortal garland is to be run for, not with-out dust and heat." John Milton.
There can be no cloistered virtue. For one to be virtuous, one must have tests. It's
impossible to steal if one has nothing to steal, and it's impossible to adulterate if one has no one with whom to
commit adultery! It is only when we have come through the battle with our garments still white that we can praise and thank God for His grace; it isn't ours that gets us through.
Pat Nordman ©
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"Grow up into him in all things." - Ephesians 4:15 |
"Keep not back." - Isaiah 43:6 |
Many Christians remain stunted and dwarfed in spiritual things, so as to present the same appearance year after year. No up-springing of advanced and refined feeling is manifest in them. They exist but do not "grow up into him in all things." |
Love invites you, the promises secure you success, the precious blood prepares the way. Let not sins or fears hinder you, but come to Jesus just as you are. Do you long to pray? Would you pour out your heart before the Lord? Keep not back.
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October 20 Luke 1:1 - 1:80 |
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But my mouth would encourage you; comfort from my lips would bring you relief.
Job 16:5 (NIV)
Hosanna Again! by Cathy Vinson
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A moment of history fills our minds when the greatest filling up of earth's glory knew praise rising up to the beloved Son. As Jesus entered Jerusalem 1960-some years ago, the earth experienced a teaser which engaged it into an expectant wait that has lasted centuries longer. Every molecule of matter would now await release when Jesus comes in His glory. If you listen, can you sense the pangs of anticipated excitement? The dynamics of Jesus' procession shook the earth. It filled the air. Perhaps the only time in history, crowd and mob intensity experienced its rightful peak. Crowds proceeded, crowds followed for Jesus Christ (Mt 21: 8,9). "WHO is this?" (vs 10) "This is Jesus, the prophet from Nazareth in Galilee" (vs 11)! Receiving Jesus by intellect alone was only possible for a few. Every other sense of human life was filled to the brim. "The whole city was stirred" (vs 10). Praise had to be duly extended or people would have exploded. Release must come through praise or the rocks would spew it forth! Expression took the form of shouting, singing, shouting some more, and throwing cloaks before His oncoming path. In longing may we bring our whole beings to this scene. An even greater Day is approaching, a day when each of our senses shall find relief in the revealing of the Lord of lords, Jesus of Nazareth. Preparation...practicing...rehearsals. "My heart and FLESH sing for joy to the living God" (Ps 84:2). Could reservations now only serve to clog up the channels when rushing streams would be pouring out? "Bless the Lord, O my soul, AND ALL THAT IS WITHIN ME! Bless His holy Name!" (Ps 103:1) Cathy Vinson© Send a note to Cathy Vinson , the writer of this devotion. |
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