'Growing in grace

Growing in grace

One tells of entering a great, crowded church one Sunday morning, while the congregation was singing. A thousand voices joined in the psalm — but it seemed as if no two of the men were in accord. But as the visitor listened, he heard one voice which was singing quietly, clearly, distinctly, and sweetly, amid all the confused discords. Soon he noticed that the other voices, one by one, were coming into unison with this one.

Before the last verse was reached, the whole congregation was singing in perfect harmony. The mass of discordant voices had been dominated by the one true voice and all had been lifted up by it into its own sweet, clear tone.

In some such way does the will of God begin its work in a human heart. Its voice is clear and true and unfaltering. It sings alone, however, in a chorus of harsh, discordant voices. Its work is to bring all these dissonances into harmony, to train all these voices of willfulness and waywardness, all these unmusical feelings and impulses and desires, into quiet unison with itself.

When we say that certain people are growing in grace , we mean that the will of God is slowly and gradually bringing their undisciplined powers and tendencies into harmony. The music is growing sweeter. The lessons of patience, meekness, joy, peace, gentleness, thoughtfulness, kindness, charity, are being a little better learned each day.

"Grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ." 2 Peter 3:18

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