Let not, therefore, expediency get the better of virtue, but virtue of expediency, By expediency here I mean what is accounted so by people generally.
Ambrose, Duties of the Clergy, Book III, Chapter VI, (translated by Rev. H. De Romestin, The Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Philip Schaff and Henry Wace, T & T Clark and Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishers, 1997, p. 73).
What is involved in putting expediency first in our lives? How can we avoid it?
Friday, February 28, 2014
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My OCD kicks in wanting to get the box checked off. Waiting on the Lord can be difficult at times.
ReplyDeleteThat one I can totally sympathize with.
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