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Shirley Beaulieu Sent: Saturday, May 14, 2011 8:39 AM Subject: [AdventistHotIssues]
"life is a river" I love to read what I think of
as "word pictures". I have been reading the book
"That I May Know Him" and came across this one and decided to share
it with the forum...Doesn't the last paragraph give you a picture of life? Shirley Do not underrate the importance of little things because they are
little. By action and reaction these little defects accumulate and bind
themselves together like rods of steel. That little action, that unguarded
word, repeated, becomes habit, . . . and habit
constitutes character. . . . {TMK 209.4} Cultivate a kind, tender, sympathetic heart, and never call these
attributes weakness, for they are the attributes of Christ. Be careful of
your influence. Let it be of so pure and fragrant a character that you will
never be ashamed to have it reproduced in others. {TMK 209.5} As drops of water make the river, so little things make up life. Life is a river, peaceful, calm, and enjoyable, or
it is a troubled river, always casting up mire and dirt. In this life you may place yourself under the
discipline of the Holy Spirit. Through the sanctification of the Spirit you
will thus grow more and more like Christ. {TMK 209.6} White,
Ellen Gould: That I May Know Him. Review and Herald Publishing
Association, 1964; 2002, S. 209 ----- Original
Message ----- From:
Lynn MacDonald To: AdventistHotIssues@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, May 14, 2011 7:49 AM Subject: [AdventistHotIssues]
The Invitation.............
Dear Forum, How beautiful and
uplifting are these precious words from "The Invitation" chapter.~~
Lynn There are many whose hearts are aching under a load
of care because they seek to reach the world's standard. They have chosen its
service, accepted its perplexities, adopted its
customs. Thus their character is marred, and their life made a weariness. In order to gratify ambition and worldly
desires, they wound the conscience, and bring upon themselves an additional
burden of remorse. The continual worry is wearing out the life forces. Our
Lord desires them to lay aside this yoke of bondage. He invites them to
accept His yoke; He says, "My yoke is easy, and My burden is
light." He bids them seek first the kingdom of God and His
righteousness, and His promise is that all things needful to them for this
life shall be added. Worry is blind, and cannot discern the future; but
Jesus sees the end from the beginning. In every difficulty He has His way
prepared to bring relief. Our heavenly Father has a thousand ways to
provide for us, of which we know nothing. Those who accept the one principle
of making the service and honor of God supreme will
find perplexities vanish, and a plain path before their feet. {DA 330.1}
"Learn of Me," says Jesus; "for I am meek and lowly in heart:
and ye shall find rest." We are to enter the school of Christ, to learn
from Him meekness and lowliness. Redemption is that process by which the soul
is trained for heaven. This training means a
knowledge of Christ. It means emancipation from ideas,
habits, and practices that have been gained in the school of the prince of
darkness. The soul must be delivered from all that is opposed to loyalty to
God. {DA 330.2}
In the heart of Christ, where reigned perfect
harmony with God, there was perfect peace. He was never elated by applause, nor dejected
by censure or disappointment. Amid the greatest opposition and the most cruel
treatment, He was still of good courage. But many who profess to be His followers
have an anxious, troubled heart, because they are afraid to trust
themselves with God. They do not make a complete surrender to Him; for
they shrink from the consequences that such a surrender
may involve. Unless they do make this surrender, they cannot find peace.
{DA 330.3}
It is the love of self that brings unrest. When we are born from above, the
same mind will be in us that was in Jesus, the mind that led Him to humble
Himself that we might be saved. Then we shall not be seeking the highest
place. We shall desire to sit at the feet of Jesus, and learn of Him. We
shall understand that the value of our work does not consist in making a show
and noise in the world, and in being active and zealous in our own strength. The value of
our work is in proportion to the impartation of the Holy Spirit. Trust in God
brings holier qualities of mind, so that in patience we may possess our
souls. {DA 330.4} |