Dougall: pleasing God

Friday, February 13, 2026
Meditation:
    Blessed is the man
        who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked
        or stand in the way of sinners
        or sit in the seat of mockers.
    But his delight is in the law of the LORD,
        and on his law he meditates day and night.
    He is like a tree planted by streams of water,
        which yields its fruit in season
        and whose leaf does not wither.
    Whatever he does prospers.
    —Psalm 1:1-3 (NIV)
Quotation:
    We, and all things, exist in God’s infinitude now; our individuality battens within it; our personality grows strong because of it; and we know, if we know anything, that while the more we approach the good the more we please God, at the same time the more men approach the good the more nobly distinctive, the more beautifully individual, do their characters become.
    ... Lily Dougall (1858-1923), The Undiscovered Country, in Immortality: an essay in discovery, co-ordinating scientific, psychical, and Biblical research, Burnett Hillman Streeter, Arthur Clutton-Brock, Cyril William Emmet, James Arthur Hadfield, & Lily Dougall, Macmillan, 1917, p. 370 (see the book)
    See also Ps. 1:1-3; Acts 17:24-31; Rom. 12:1-2; 14:17-18; Eph. 2:10; Heb. 13:20-21
Quiet time reflection:
    Lord, lead me always to the good. CQOD    Blog    email    RSS
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