| Things to Live For |
Chapter 5 |
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So it is with the ministry of simple goodness in a human life. Suppose we are right in saying that we cannot do anything in Christ’s church; that we have no working gifts, and that we have no money to contribute – it does not follow that we can be of no use whatever. We can at least be good. We can get into our hearts the grace of the Lord Jesus, the mind that was in Christ Jesus. We can become so filled with the Holy Spirit that the light of divine love will shine out form our dull nature, and transfigure it. We can have something of the beauty of Christ in our life. This will make us sweet tempered and gentle spirited. It will make us honest in our dealings with our fellow men. It will make us kind to all about us. It will make us good people to live with at home – as wife or husband, as brother or sister, as parent or child. It will make us good neighbors and faithful friends. The unconscious ministry of such a life through long years will leave untold blessings in this world. The words dropped in the commonest intercourse will become inspirations to others.
“A nameless man, amid a crowd
That thronged the daily mart,
Let fall a word of hope and love
Unstudied from the heart.
“A whisper on the tumult thrown,
A transitory breath,
It raised a brother from the dust;
It saved a soul from death.”
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