Signs of the Times

with contributions from Arnold J. Walker

From an article in The Cadle Call Indianapolis, Indiana

He is a very intelligent, cultured, normal sort of a man. Coming in for an interview he said, "I don't know what's wrong with me. I have plenty of friends; ... I have an enviable job; I have a nice home; I am free to go where I want to and yet I am wretchedly unhappy. Something is missing ... that is all-important but I don't know what it is." I ... said, "My friend, I know what is missing in your life. ... You have everything but love, and the only source of love—that is, satisfying, eternal love—the only source, is God."

Years ago the inimitable Rudyard Kipling was very ill with typhoid fever. ... As he lay there he kept mumbling something to himself. The family tried to find out what he wanted, but with no success One morning the nurse bent over his frail form and said. "Mr. Kipling, what do you want?" For a few moments the restlessness left him, he opened his eyes slowly and said feebly, "I want God." Undeniably this is the cry of a restless bewildered age. Everybody needs God. And God is love.

Our sophisticated age praises the mind, but the mind without love is a curse capable of a thousand selfishnesses and ten thousand evils. ... When Jesus [taught] that God is love, he meant that love is the characteristic and principle by which He acts.

The Reverend Arnold J. Walker Superintendent The Methodist Church of South Africa in A Faith for Daily Living Durban, Natal, South Africa

You must never block the flow of abundance by demanding to receive before you are prepared to give, for it is only by giving freely from an overflowing heart that the abundance of God, and therefore of life, can flow in your direction.

Bring blessing and abundance to your life by the simple process of allowing blessing and abundance to flow from you to the utmost of your ability. Think more in terms of what you can give than of what you can receive.

If there is doubt in your mind as to whether or not such a theory will work, the only way to prove it is to practise it. From this moment bless someone who needs a blessing, and give something to someone with a need. Do these things without thought of reward and watch your blessings increase.

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