[Songs in the Night - March 17]
Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good. Romans 12:9
AS HOLINESS and sin are opposites, so our feeling
toward these must be represented by the sentiments
of love and hatred.
To grow cool in love for
righteousness is to lose some of the abhorrence for sin.
Let us, therefore, cultivate in ourselves hatred for sin,
selfishness, impurity, and every evil way, that we
may find it the easier to cultivate in our hearts the
beautiful graces of the Spirit.
Only in our minds
have the old things passed away and all things become
new.
Actually, this change will be accomplished
when we become spirit beings.
Meantime, if we shall
be counted worthy of a place in the first resurrection,
it is required of us that we shall demonstrate our willingness
of mind, our earnest desire, to be all that
the Lord would have us be.
In no way can this be
better demonstrated to the Lord or prove more helpful
to ourselves than in keeping a strict surveillance
of our hearts and of our thoughts. Z'11-382 R4895:4 (Hymn 312)