May You Never Grow Up
Advice for Seekers
""How is it that I, wanting light, have not found it yet? Why am I left to grope like a blind man for the wall, and stumble at noon as if it were the night? Why has the Lord not revealed himself to me?" You may have been seeking the light in the wrong place . . . .
It is possible that you may have been the victim of the false doctrine that peace with God can be found in the use of ceremonies. . . .
It is possible, too, that you have been looking for salvation in the mere belief of a certain creed. . . .
It is possible that you may have sought it in the wrong spirit. . . .
If none of these arguments have touched your case, let me further suggest that perhaps you have not found light because you have sought it in a half-hearted manner. None enter heaven who are only half-inclined to go there.
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It is possible that you may have been the victim of the false doctrine that peace with God can be found in the use of ceremonies. . . .
It is possible, too, that you have been looking for salvation in the mere belief of a certain creed. . . .
It is possible that you may have sought it in the wrong spirit. . . .
If none of these arguments have touched your case, let me further suggest that perhaps you have not found light because you have sought it in a half-hearted manner. None enter heaven who are only half-inclined to go there.
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