“A person who trusts that he can find rest in the delights and abundance of earthly things is deceiving himself. By the frequent disorders of the world, and at last by its end, such a one is proven convincingly to have laid the foundation of his tranquility on the sand.
But all those who have been breathed upon by the Holy Spirit, and have taken upon themselves by the very pleasant yoke of the Lord’s love, and following His example, learned to be gentle and humble in heart, enjoy even in the present, some image of the future tranquility.”
Venerable Bede (672-735), a monk at the Northumbrian Monastery, in Homily on the Gospels as recounted in The Quotable Saint ed. Rosemary Ellen Guiley (New York: Visionary Living, 2002) 125.
Stuff can’t satisfy while the Spirit can. Earthly things don’t compare to God’s eternal presence, peace, and power at work within us. Today I am teaching at Camp Spofford on the Spirit from Romans 12:3-8 and 14:17. How has the Spirit gifted you to minister within the Body of Christ with righteousness, peace, and joy?