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Around the Year with Emmet Fox

 

April 30

 

“And if thy right eye offend thee,

pluck it out, and cast it from thee:

for it is profitable for thee

that one of thy members should perish,

and not that thy whole body

should be cast into hell.

And if thy right hand offend thee,

cut it off, and cast it from thee:

for it is profitable for thee

that one of thy members should perish,

and not that thy whole body

should be cast into hell”

Matthew 5:29-30

The soul's integrity

is the one and only thing that matters.

And so, Jesus insists

that positively no sacrifice

can be too great

to ensure the integrity of one's soul.

Anything that stands in the way of that,

must be given up.

Whatever is standing between us

and our true contact with God—a sin,

an old grudge left unforgiven,

stark greed for the things of this world—must go.

Such things, however, are so obvious

that at least the transgressor is aware of them;

it is the subtle things like self- love, self-righteousness,

and spiritual pride;

that are most difficult for the self to exercise.

 

* From “The Sermon on the Moun