Gossip: being honest with God

Sunday, March 26, 2017
    Feast of Harriet Monsell of Clewer, Religious, 1883
Meditation:
    Nothing is covered up that will not be revealed, or hidden that will not be known.
    —Luke 12:2 (ESV)
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, New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1947, p. 26-27 (see the book)
    See also Luke 12:2; Ps. 40:10; Matt. 10:26; Mark 4:22; Luke 18:10-14; John 17:17; Rom. 1:16
Quiet time reflection:
    Lord, silence my poses, my excuses, my posturing, and my rationalizations. CQOD    Blog    email    RSS
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