Elizabeth Elliot: “Each Christian is a dispenser…
All that I have is meant to contribute to the needs of others, and what I need will be supplied through God’s dispensers.
Thus He unifies and harmonizes the whole church, which is his body, making each dispenser indispensable, for each dispenses a grace which is peculiarly his.”
Simply Charlotte Mason: “Some people are like thermostats and some are like thermometers.
A thermostat regulates the temperature and atmosphere of the home. It is set to a constant temperature, and if the atmosphere around it heats up, it kicks in and gets that temperature back to normal.
On the flip side, a thermometer reacts to the temperature and atmosphere around it. If the air around it heats up, it heats up too. In other words, a thermometer is controlled by its atmosphere; a thermostat controls its atmosphere.” (To read more on regulating the atmosphere of your home)
Lord, make me both in this home: a dispenser at the sink today, being poured out again and again (That’s my purpose)… a thermostat regulating the temperature in our home, not a reactive thermometer (that’s my calling). I am simple: let these word pictures linger long.
HT: Betty’s Bits
