Today's Thought Gem—July

[Vern]

Reason deals with factual knowledge;

wisdom, with philosophy and revelation;

faith, with living spiritual experience

 

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[Vern]

Mind knows quantity,

reality, meanings.

But quality—values—is felt

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[Vern]

What you begin in time

you will assuredly

finish in eternity—

if it is worth finishing

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[Vern]

Happiness and joy

take origin in the inner life.

You cannot experience real joy

all by yourself 

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[Vern]

A solitary life is fatal to happiness.

Even families and nations will enjoy

life more if they share it with others

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[Vern]

The doing of the will of God

is nothing more or less than an 

exhibition of creature willingness

to share the inner life with God…

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[Vern]

Sharing is Godlike—divine

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[Vern]

The imitation of God

is the key to perfection;

the doing of his will

is the secret of survival

and of perfection in survival

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[Vern]

Peace in this life,

survival in death,

perfection in the next life,

service in eternity—all these

are achieved (in spirit) now

when the creature personality

consents—chooses—to subject

the creature will to the Father’s will

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[Vern]

A human being can find truth

in his inner experience, but he

needs a clear knowledge of facts

to apply his personal discovery

of truth to the ruthlessly practical

demands of everyday life

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[Vern]

Only religious confidence

—living faith—

can sustain man amid such difficult

and perplexing problems

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[Vern]

Of all the dangers

which beset man’s mortal

nature and jeopardize his

spiritual integrity,

pride is the greatest

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[Vern]

Courage is valorous,

but egotism

is vainglorious 

and suicidal

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[Vern]

Man’s ability to transcend himself

is the one thing which distinguishes

him from the animal kingdom

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[Vern]

Man consciously grows

from the material

toward the spiritual

by the strength, power,

and persistency of

his own decisions…

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