problem in our lives. We start off with good intentions and then some how the pace is slackened. Hin drances have come along and soon the running has changed to walking, and eventually leads to halting. Finally it is simply a matter of standing still. Think of your fine resolves to spend time reading the Bible and praying, or of your earnest intentions to wit ness to others. What has happened to these goals? “Ye were running well, but who hindered you?” * * * Hem the day with prayer and it will be less likely to unravel before the night. MEEKNESS How frequently we pass over the beautiful fruits of the Spirit given to us in Galatians 5:22 and 23. One of the most beautiful is meekness which the Lord promises to give through His Holy Spirit. In a “dog- eat-dog” society, too many people equate meekness with weakness but the two are never synonymous. Be fore God can entrust us to greater things for Himself, we must be per fectly subdued to His will in every part of our nature. This includes our temper, our manners, our selfishness and especially pride and egotism. In this manner alone harshness, severity, criticism, sluggishness, laziness, and all the wanting of our own way, even in church matters, shall be gone. The greatest difficulty which stands in the way of God’s using His servants is that they do not possess a true spirit of meekness, a heart constantly sub dued under the power of the Holy Spirit. For instance, how can God use the rest of our lives if our tongues have not been subdued to His serv ice? No wonder the apostle Paul said, “I beseech you therefore, breth ren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is y o u r reasonable service" * * * It isn't hard to make a mountain out of a molehill. All you have to do is add a little dirt. 29 * * *
Don't expect to enjoy life if you keep the milk of human kindness all bottled up. * * * DITTO It was interesting to learn that the Bank of England has long required its employees to sign a register as they arrive each morning for work. Should they be late they must record the reason. London weather being what it is the first tardy worker gen erally puts down “fog” opposite his name. Those who follow get in the familiar habit of indicating “ditto.” Newspapers picked up the amus ing account, however, that, on a cer tain day, the first late comer had written in the book, “Wife had twins.” S u r p r i s in g l y , under his name, twenty others mechanically wrote “ditto”; not even bothering to check what had gone on before. When you stop to think of it, how many there are today who are just about as concerned with their soul’s destiny. The name Christian means that they live in America and go to church on Christmas and Easter. They have no real interest in the things of true heavenly value. People today don’t want to be bothered with the Bible. There are too many other things which occupy their attention in life. It is only when we are cast aside on a bed of terminal suffering, or when we have to see a loved one placed in a casket, or that some great calamity has come into the life, that the reality of existence hits us with its full force. “For it is appointed unto man once to die and after this the judgment.” God’s Word asks the penetrating question no man can an swer, “How shall we escape, i f we neglect so great salvation?" * * * Keeping away from the mire is much better than washing it off! * * * STANDING STILL When the apostle Paul' wrote to the Galatian church, he told them, “Ye were running well; but who hin dered you that ye should not obey the truth?” How often that is the very
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