CQOD: 02/27/06 -- Herbert: Come, my Way, my Truth, my Life

Christian Quotation of the Day

February 27, 2006

Feast of George Herbert, Priest, Poet, 1633

Meditation:
    Now to him who is able to do far more abundantly than all that we ask or think, according to the power at work within us, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, forever and ever. Amen.
    -- Ephesians 3:20-21 (ESV)

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Quotation:
    Come, my Way, my Truth, my Life :
    Such a Way, as gives us breath :
    Such a Truth, as ends all strife :
    And such a Life as killeth death.

    Come, my Light, my Feast, my Strength :
    Such a Light, as shows a feast :
    Such a Feast, as mends in length :
    Such a Strength, as makes his guest.

    Come, my Joy, my Love, my Heart :
    Such a Joy, as none can move :
    Such a Love, as none can part :
    Such a Heart, as joyes in love.
    ... George Herbert (1593-1633)

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Quiet time reflection:
    Come into my heart, Lord Jesus!

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CQOD: 02/26/06 -- Hay: the search

Christian Quotation of the Day

February 26, 2006Meditation:
    And because you are sons, God has sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, crying, "Abba! Father!" So you are no longer a slave, but a son, and if a son, then an heir through God.
    -- Galatians 4:6-7 (ESV)

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Quotation:
    I sought Him where my logic led.
        “This friend is always sure and right;
        His lantern is sufficient light—
    I need no star,” I said.

    I sought Him in the city square.
        Logic and I went up and down
        The marketplace of many a town,
    And He was never there.

    I tracked Him to the mind’s far rim.
        The valiant Intellect went forth
        To east and west and south and north,
    And found no trace of Him.

    We walked the world from sun to sun,
        Logic and I, with little Faith,
        But never came to Nazareth,
    Or found the Holy One.

    I sought in vain. And finally,
        Back to the heart’s small house I crept,
        And fell upon my knees, and wept;
    And lo!—He came to me!
    ... Sara Henderson Hay (1906-1987)

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Quiet time reflection:
    You loved me first, Lord.

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CQOD: 02/25/06 -- Lewis: authorities

Christian Quotation of the Day

February 25, 2006Meditation:
    "And he said, 'No, father Abraham, but if someone goes to them from the dead, they will repent.' He said to him, 'If they do not hear Moses and the Prophets, neither will they be convinced if someone should rise from the dead.'"
    -- Luke 16:30-31 (ESV)

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Quotation:
    The rejection as unhistorical of all passages which narrate miracles is sensible if we start by knowing that the miraculous... never occurs. Now, I do not want here to discuss whether the miraculous is possible: I only want to point out that this is a purely philosophical question. Scholars, as scholars, speak on it with no more authority than anyone else. The canon, “If miraculous, unhistorical,” is one they bring to their study of the texts, not one they have learned from it. If one is speaking of authority, the united authority of all the Biblical critics in the world counts for nothing. On this they speak simply as men—men obviously influenced by, and perhaps insufficiently critical of, the spirit of the age they grew up in.
    ... C. S. Lewis (1898-1963), “Fern-seed and Elephants”

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Quiet time reflection:
    Lord, I need Your power and grace in my life, Your miracles in my struggles.

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CQOD: 02/24/06 -- Wirt: the Gospel in action

Christian Quotation of the Day

February 24, 2006Meditation:
    For truly, I say to you, whoever gives you a cup of water to drink because you belong to Christ will by no means lose his reward.
    -- Mark 9:41 (ESV)

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Quotation:
    Christianity is not a religion but a relationship of love expressed toward God and men. The church is committed by its Founder to reach out in love to every movement that upbuilds character and integrity in men, and every gesture that aims to resolve the differences that estrange human beings from each other. The Gospel in its free course goes hand-in-hand with the cup of cold water.
    ... Sherwood Eliot Wirt (b.1911), The Social Conscience of the Evangelical [1968]

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Quiet time reflection:
    Lord, heap blessings on _____ and _____ who nourished me in time of need.

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