Certainty is the mark of the commonsense life-gracious uncertainty is the mark of the spiritual life.
Oswald ChambersRead
Refusing to be disillusioned is the cause of much of the suffering of human life.
Interpretation
Rejecting reality often leads to unnecessary pain and suffering.
Oswald Chambers suggests that many individuals experience suffering because they refuse to accept disillusionment. This refusal can create a disconnect with reality, leading to unmet expectations and disappointment in life. By acknowledging disillusionment, one can navigate life more authentically and reduce the pain that arises from unrealistic ideals.
In practice
During a motivational talk about facing reality in difficult situations, this quote can be introduced.
Certainty is the mark of the commonsense life-gracious uncertainty is the mark of the spiritual life.
Never make the blunder of trying to forecast the way God is going to answer your prayer.
Service is the overflow which pours from a life filled with love and devotion. But strictly speaking, there is no call to that. Service is what I bring to the relationship and is the reflection of my identification with the nature of God.
When we preach the love of God there is a danger of forgetting that the Bible reveals not first the love of God but the intense, blazing holiness of God, with His love at the center of that holiness.
It is much easier to do something than to trust in God; we mistake panic for inspiration.
Service is the overflow which pours from a life filled with love and devotion.
Complacency with our traditional judgement based thinking methods is not enough. Our existing thinking habits are excellent just as the rear wheel of a motor car is excellent but not enough. We need to put far more emphasis on creative and design thinking. Judgement and analysis are not enough.
If you have not first pondered the entire situation of the man whom you wish to help, and if you have not brought with you instructions for him to follow henceforth in leading his life, he will not receive great good from your help.
All makers must leave room for the acts of the spirit. But they have to work hard and carefully, and wait patiently, to deserve them.
"Beauty fades," my father would tell me, "but dumb? Dumb is forever."
One paradox of professional writing is that books written solely for money and/or acclaim will almost never be good enough to garner either.
Do good with what thou hast, or it will do thee no good.
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