While reading The Christian’s Secret of a Happy Life by Hannah Whitall Smith, I pause at these words:
There are two kinds of Christian experiences: an experience of bondage and an experience of liberty.
In the first case, the soul is controlled by a stern sense of duty and obeys the laws of God, either from fear of punishment or from expectation of wages.
In the other case, the controlling power is an inward life principle that works out, by the force of its own motions or instincts, the will of the divine Life Giver without fear of punishment or hope of reward.
Ah, the life of the good girl. Yes, I know something about that kind of bondage.
Read the rest over on Deeper Waters today.