Thou shalt never wash my feet. John xiii. 8.
Whatever hinders us from receiving a blessing that God is willing to bestow upon us is not humility, but the mockery of it. A genuine humility will ever feel the need of the largest measures of grace, and will be perfected just in the degree in which that grace is bestowed. The truly humble man will seek to be filled with all the fulness of God, knowing that when so filled there is not the slightest place for pride or for self.—George Bowen.
June 9th.
Cast thy burden upon the Lord, and He shall sustain thee. Psa. lv. 22.
He that taketh his own cares upon himself loads himself with an uneasy burden. The fear of what may come, expectation of what will come, desire of what will not come, and the inability to redress all these, must needs bring him continual torment. I will cast my cares upon God: He hath bidden me. They cannot hurt Him: He can redress them.—Hall.
June 10th.
Well done, good and faithful servant. . . . Thou wicked and slothful servant. Matt. xxv. 21, 26.
God holds us responsible not for what we have, but for what we might have; not for what we are, but for what we might be.—Mark Guy Pearse.
June 11th.