It's clear from the Bible record that a characteristic of spiritual luminaries was their ability to see beyond the seeming, the material look of things.
After having been warned that the undertow at a beautiful beach was the most dangerous in the world, I was shocked at how strong the temptation was to discard intelligent restraint and plunge into the water—warning or no warning! An adulterous relationship can be as alluring to one as that surf was to me.
Serenity is notresolute repressionof the dissonancesbut expressionof the calm beyond the senses—an opening out to Spiritand making no concessionto the nipping, testing clamorof the daily little foxes.
As important as spiritual reality is to many people, it may seem puzzling that few consecutive hours out of a day are ordinarily spent actually pondering the nature of God and man.
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