This thought fills me with
joy, and I am encouraged by it to consecrate myself wholly to Him, as
did my Lord and Saviour.
"Lastly, I will, by the grace of God, imitate Jesus in his
_charity_. How many souls there are about me to love, to comfort,
to enlighten and to assist. But I can only do it in the measure which God
himself has assigned to me. At my age, and but a girl, subject to the
wishes of my parents, I ought only to desire to do good in proportion to
the means with which the Lord has furnished me. But I must, in so
doing, endeavor to overcome selfishness, idleness, the love of ease,
avarice, hardness of heart, pride, and indifference, and I must love my
neighbor as myself. Oh! what an important undertaking, and how many
excuses and deceits this kind of charity will encounter and overcome.
"But I will look to Jesus, and pray to him; I will implore the
secret guidance of his Spirit; and since he is faithful, he will not
leave me alone, but will lead me, and enable me to walk day by day, I
mean 'to-day,' in his sight, and in communion with him, who is so
full of love and gentleness."
This, my dear Esther, is what I have copied from Amelia's journal.
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