No unwelcome tasks become any the less unwelcome
by putting them off till tomorrow. It is only when
they are behind us and done, that we begin to find
that there is a sweetness to be tasted afterwards,
and that the remembrance of unwelcome duties
unhesitatingly done is welcome and pleasant.
Accomplished, they are full of blessing, and there
is a smile on their faces as they leave us. Undone,
they stand threatening and disturbing our tranquility,
and hindering our communion with God.
If there be lying before you any bit of work from
which you shrink, go straight up to it, and do it at
once. The only way to get rid of it is to do it.
--Alexander Maclaren (1826-1910)
Slavery was eliminated very slowly, only after generations of gradual change of heart, and the agent which got rid of it was the Christian Church. As long as the old world was pagan, slavery was taken as a matter of course; but after gradual conversion, slavery began to disappear -Hilaire Belloc @bellocquotes
"Before man had any other calling, he was called to be a husband…. First man must choose his love, and then he must love his choice…. The man and wife are partners, like two oars in a boat." — Henry Smith
Batter a thorn in the flesh than pride in the heart. - David Gibson, sermon IPC Ealing, 6 May 2018
Little grows on the mountain tops, plenty in the valleys. - David Gibson, sermon IPC Ealing, 6 May 2018
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