June 12

Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom can be no variation, neither shadow that is cast by turning. — Jas 1:17

Do to-day’s duty, fight to-day’s temptation, and do not weaken and distract yourself by looking-forward to things which you cannot see, and could not understand if you saw them.
— Charles Kingsley.

Genuine religion has its roots deep down in the heart of humanity…. The actions of the Deity make no appeal to any special sense. We are deaf and blind, therefore, to the imminent grandeur around us unless we have insight enough to appreciate the whole and to recognize the woven fabric of existence flowing steadily from the loom of an infinite progress toward perfection.
— Sir Oliver Lodge.

Prayer

Gracious Father, forbid that I should make thee regret thy gifts to me; and if I have failed to appreciate them, look upon me with pity, for I have cheated myself more than I have thee. Give me a deeper appreciation, that I may be strengthened day by day in the veriest duties of life. Amen.