Daily Devotionals

Daily Strength for Daily Needs

Devotional: June 7th

"Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day." -- 5:5."Light is sown for the righteous, and gladness for the upright in heart." -- 97:11.Serene will be our days and bright, And happy will our nature be, When love is an unerring light, And joy its own security.W. WORDSWORTH.Nothing can produce so great a serenity of life, as a mind free from guilt, and kept untainted, not only from actions, but purposes that are wicked.By this means the soul will be not only unpolluted, but not disturbed; the fountain will run clear and unsullied, and the streams that flow from it will be just and honest deeds, ecstasies of satisfaction, a brisk energy of spirit, which makes a man an enthusiast in his joy, and a tenacious memory, sweeter than hope. For as shrubs which are cut down with the morning dew upon them do for a long time after retain their fragrancy, so the good actions of a wise man perfume his mind, and leave a rich scent behind them.So that joy is, as it were, watered with these essences, and owes its flourishing to them.PLUTARCH.