A lesson from the lily

"Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this . . . to keep oneself from being polluted by the world. " James 1:27

It is an evil world in which we live; but if we faithfully follow Christ, doing His will, keeping our hearts open to every influence of the Holy Spirit — we shall be kept by Divine power from the corruption that flows all around us.

As the lily remains pure and unstained amid the murky waters of the bog in which it grows — so does the lowly, loving, patient heart of the Christian disciple remain pure, in the midst of all this world's corruption.

Over such a heart, God's face beams in perpetual benediction. The vision of God on earth, of course, is never full and clear — but it grows brighter and brighter as the believer walks ever toward the morning, and at last it will be unclouded and full in the perfect day of Heaven!

"Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God!" Matthew 5:8

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