If I can enjoy a joke at the expense of another; if I can in any way slight another in conversation, or even in thought, then I know nothing of
If I can write an unkind letter, speak an unkind word, think an unkind thought without grief and shame, then I know nothing of
If I do not feel far more for the grieved Savior than for my worried self when troublesome things occur, then I know nothing of
If I can rebuke without a pang, then I know nothing of
If my attitude be one of fear, not faith, about one who has disappointed me; if I say, "Just what I expected" if a fall occurs, then I know nothing of
If I am afraid to speak the truth, lest I lose affection, or lest the one concerned should say, "You do not understand," or because I fear to lose my reputation for kindness; if I put my own good name before the other's highest good, then I know nothing of
If I hold on to choices of any kind, just because they are my choice, then I know nothing of
If I myself dominate myself, if my thoughts revolve round myself, if I am so occupied with myself I rarely have "a heart at leisure from itself," then I know nothing of Calvary love...
If my interest in the work of others is cool; if I think in terms of my own special work; if the burdens of others are not my burdens too, and their joys mine, then I know nothing of
If the ultimate, the hardest, cannot be asked of me; if my fellows hesitate to ask it and turn to someone else, then I know nothing of
If I covet any place on earth but the dust at the foot of the Cross, then I know nothing of
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