01.05.09

Try through Christ

Thinking more on How to Set out into A New Year , the resolve of New Year revolutions, new ways and habits, and that excerpt that reads:

But the muddied mess of imprints over the last year attest to it: trying harder only results in harder trials. Self-striving nurtures self-hatred.

Toiling in the flesh produces foiling in the soul.

And then these concurring words from Charlotte Mason’s series of books:

“Every other avenue towards perfection leads you, after weeks or months or years of delightful going, to a blank wall.

You see nothing beyond; all that remains is to retrace your steps, and retrogression is always bitter.

You try through Christ, and find yourself in the way of endless progress cheered by perennial hope.”

Cheered on! Endless progress, perennial hope…. when trying through Christ.

HT: the wise Phyllis

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