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Holier
In Life
You may be pure in heart as the crystal river of life can
make you, and holy of soul as God's throne, yet there is
no man living who cannot become holier in life. You can
abound more and more in love; go from faith to greater
faith; grow in knowledge and grace, and have the beauty of
the Lord blooming out more and more in all the words and
deeds of life. Though your heart is cleansed from every
stain of sin, you can have the sweet, heavenly unction of
the Holy Spirit resting more weightily upon your soul.
This will affect your outward life, making it deeper, more
hallowed and holy. The tree of the garden may be perfect
and bear perfect fruit, but by rooting deeper it grows and
bears larger and more developed fruit. By letting the mind
take hold upon God in holy thought, we root deeper into
Him and conform more unto His likeness. Every time the
mind fastens upon some truth of God the spirit grows more
into the image of God. Put idle thoughts, vain thoughts,
far away from you and stay your mind on things above. Open
the door of your heart heavenward that the light of God
may shine in, imprinting in its depth the beautiful graces
of Christ. Look into the face of Jesus and grow to be more
like Him.
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