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Jul. 29th, 2009 12:03 pmBe not angry that you cannot make others as you wish them to be, since you cannot make yourself as you wish yourself to be. - Thomas à Kempis
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Jul. 29th, 2009 12:14 pmBook 50: Humility, the Journey Toward Holiness, Andrew Murray. 110pp
This is an updated-for-modern-readers edition. This is something I have mixed feelings about. On one hand I'm glad that such versions are available for those with less literary minds, because they can still reap the benefits; on the other hand, I loathe the dumbing-down of anything.
Still, despite the fact that this is an updated-for-modern-readers edition, I enjoyed it very much. It is VERY deep and would require many readings for the truths in it to really sink in. My brain would shut off every once in a while from overload, so it's taken me several sittings to get through it although it's a very little book. It made me think about humility in a way I have never thought of it before and made me think of how really important it is to be nothing so God can be all. Something definitely to be working on in my walk with Him, moving from "All of me, and none of Thee" to "None of me, and all of Thee!" as one old hymn puts it. (I'm paraphrasing, because I'm too lazy to go look up the hymn.)
( Some quotes from the book that stood out to me )
This is an updated-for-modern-readers edition. This is something I have mixed feelings about. On one hand I'm glad that such versions are available for those with less literary minds, because they can still reap the benefits; on the other hand, I loathe the dumbing-down of anything.
Still, despite the fact that this is an updated-for-modern-readers edition, I enjoyed it very much. It is VERY deep and would require many readings for the truths in it to really sink in. My brain would shut off every once in a while from overload, so it's taken me several sittings to get through it although it's a very little book. It made me think about humility in a way I have never thought of it before and made me think of how really important it is to be nothing so God can be all. Something definitely to be working on in my walk with Him, moving from "All of me, and none of Thee" to "None of me, and all of Thee!" as one old hymn puts it. (I'm paraphrasing, because I'm too lazy to go look up the hymn.)
( Some quotes from the book that stood out to me )