“For since the beginning of the world men have not heard, nor perceived by the ear, neither hath the eye seen, O God, beside thee, what he hath prepared for him that waiteth for Him.  Thou meetest him that rejoiceth and worketh righeousness, those that remember thee in thy ways…"          Isaiah 64: 4        

I know all about the despair of overcoming chronic temptations.  It is not serious, provided self-offended petulance, annoyance at breaking records, impatience, etc. don’t get the upper hand.  No amount of falls will really undo us if we keep on picking ourselves up each time.  We shall of course be very muddy and tattered children by the time we reach home.  But the bathrooms are all ready, the towels put out, and the clean clothes in the airing cupboard.  The only fatal thing is to lose one’s temper and give it up.  It is when we notice the dirt that God is most present in us: it is the very sign of His presence.  

                                                                        C.S. Lewis Letters

 “Let this New Year be the beginning of a new life wherein “old things are passed away”.  Let all blessed old things stay, but let the clutter of our heads and hearts be removed, that new inspirations and new affections may come in to gladden our lives.”

                                                Chester B. Emerson