The mistake of mistakes is to think that holiness consists in great or extraordinary things beyond reach of ordinary people. It has been well said, Holiness does not consist in doing uncommon things, but in doing common things uncommonly well. Even in those great saints of God, the things which dazzle us most may not be the most precious in the sight of God. Great was the faith of Joshua, for example, when he said:Sun, stand thou still upon Gibeon, and thou moon, in the valley of Ajalon. God himself speaks of it that there was no day before it nor after it, that the Lord hearkened unto the voice of a man. Yet nearer to the heart of God were those words of Joshuas aged love: As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord. So too now. It is not by great things, but by great diligence in little everyday things that you can show great love for God, and become greatly holy, and a saint of God. Few ever do great things, and the few who can do them can each do but few. But every one can study the will of God and can give great diligence to know it and to do what he knows. Everyone can, by the grace of God, be faithful to what he knows. Your daily round of duty is your daily path to come nearer unto God. ~Edward Bouverie Pusey Priest, Tractarian, 1882
Posted on: Thu, 24 Oct 2013 16:49:34 +0000
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