Saturday, January 16, 2021

Motives of Action


Whichever motive you start with on the supernatural  life, let it lead you to the love of God either in its imperfect or its perfect form, either for your own sake or for His sake. Do not remain on the lowest level, for "you have not received the spirit of bondage again in fear; but you have received the spirit of adoption of sons, whereby we cry Abba Father" (Rom. viii. 15). Let the thought of hell keep you from sin, the thought of heaven move you to acts of virtue, and the thought of God make you love Him for himself.

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