Wealth and Prosperity

Receive wealth or prosperity without arrogance; and be ready to let it go cheerfully.
(Marcus Aurelius, Meditations, Chapter VII, 33)
24 July 2015)

Adversity

Lord, may grace make possible what my nature seems to make impossible. You know how little I am able to suffer and how quickly I collapse when the slightest adversity rears its head.
(Thomas 'a Kempis, The Imitation Of Christ, Book 3, Chapter 19)
13 September 2014

Our Nature

It is not in our nature

• to bear the cross,
• to love the cross,
• to discipline ourselves,
• to avoid seeking praise,
• to suffer insults willingly,
• to think humbly of ourselves,
• to appear humble to others,
• to endure adversity and loss,
• and not to seek prosperity as our first goal.

(Thomas 'A Kempis, The Imitation Of Christ, p. 80)
13 March 2012