HEALTH-SPIRITUAL
The focus of health in the
soul is humility, while the root of inward corruption is pride. In the
spiritual life, nothing stands still. If we are not constantly growing downward
into humility, we shall be steadily swelling up and running to seed under the
influence of pride.
Rediscovering Holiness. Christianity Today, v. 36, n. 13.
Failure to establish good
spiritual habits will lead to poor spiritual health.
Author Unknown
Much sickness – physical,
mental, and emotional – surely must come from disobedience. When the soul is confronted with an
alternative of right or wrong and chooses to blur the distinction, making
excuses for its bewilderment and frustration, it is exposed to infection. Evil is given the opportunity to invade the
mind, the spirit, and the body and the sick person goes off to an expert who
will diagnose his trouble. Sometimes the
patient knows well what his trouble is and for this very reason has not consulted
the Lord, fearing what He will say: confess.
Turn around. Quit that
indulgence. Do not pity yourself. Forgive that person. Pay back what you owe. Apologize.
Tell the truth. Deny
yourself. Consider the other’s
well-being. Lay down your life.
Elisabeth Elliot
Discipline – The Glad Surrender, Revell, 1982, p. 74.