"Let us run with perseverance the race that is set before us." ~Hebrews 12:1"Do not desire crosses except insofar as you have borne those which were offered to you. It is an error to desire martyrdom without having enough courage to bear an insult. The enemy often arouses in us ardent desires for things that are absent and may never come on our way. It is to turn our away our minds from present objects from which, however small they may be, we could draw great profit. In imagination we fight monsters in Africa. But in fact, due to lack of attention, we allow ourselves to be killed by little serpents on our way." ~St. Francis de Sales, Introduction to the Devout Life
Dear Lord, help me to remember that I live in Houston, TX, not Africa. Amen.
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