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?
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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