CQOD: 03/19/07 -- Gossip: being honest with God

Christian Quotation of the Day

March 19, 2007

Feast of Joseph of Nazareth

Meditation:
    Nothing is covered up that will not be revealed, or hidden that will not be known.
    -- Luke 12:2 (ESV)

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Quotation:
    Jeremy Taylor (q.v.) gives us some fundamental rules for prayer. And the chief of them is this: “Do not lie to God.” And that curt piece of advice, so bluntly thrown down for us, is indeed all-important. Do not burn false fire upon God’s altar; do not pose and pretend, either to Him or to yourself, in your religious exercises; do not say more than you mean, or use exaggerated language that goes beyond the facts, when speaking to Him whose word is truth.
    ... A. J. Gossip (1873-1954), In the Secret Place of the Most High [1947]

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Quiet time reflection:
    Lord, silence my poses, my excuses, my posturing, and my rationalizations.

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See Believer's Desktop Companion 2007
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