Today's Journal
GROWING IN GRACE
Horatius Bonar (1808-1889) Scottish minister and poet wrote:“In order to grow in grace, we must be much alone. It is not in society that the soul grows most vigorously. In one single quiet hour of prayer it will often make more progress than in days of company with others. It is in the desert that the dew falls freshest and the air its purest.”
Horatius Bonar and his wife Jane Catherine Bonar were both prolific hymn writers. He was also a poet and powerful preacher. In our ‘being much alone’ time in silence and contemplation we are most apt to hear the voice of the Lord is my experience as well. I believe “one single quiet hour of prayer” from many of us could change the world.
“But when you pray, go away by yourself, shut the door behind you, and pray to your Father in private. Then your Father, who sees everything, will reward you.” Jesus