August
25th
Salient Thought
for the Day
We can always control our inner life. Joyousness comes from within.
Lines
to Memorize
My Lord, my Love!
Thus I pray unto Thee with holy joy and ecstasy,
Knowing that Thou enterest my soul as pure prayer.
Lesson
Great souls are invariably buoyant and joyous. Whatever comes to them, they are imbued with joy. We cannot imagine highly illumined souls without seeing light shining through and through them. Spirit is never dark and gloomy. Weeping with the afflicted does not help. It may create a point of contact, but it does not bring a remedy. Joy is the antidote for sorrow. What we need is a basis of unfailing joy for our daily life. This alone will bring us courage and resourcefulness. When we are exuberant and happy, no trial can overwhelm us. This higher spiritual joy fills our heart only when our gaze is fixed steadily on our Source.
Prayer
Infinite Being, hold my life in Your Hand
And shape it according to Your will.
Help me to realize that I need never feel lonely or desolate;
That in the hour of gloom, if I but turn within, I shall never fail to find Your blissful Presence to console and cheer me.
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