Meditations

THE BLIND WORLD'S FATE WOE TO THE WORLD FOR TEMPTATIONS TO SIN MATTHEW 18.7 Lord, let me be willing to repeat this awful saying by Jesus Christ, your Son and my Saviour. These words are terrible for the world, which is forever rebuked, but they are sweet and comforting to those who love you and despise the world. For me, these words would resound as terrifyingly as a clap of thunder if I ever turned my back on you and entered once again into slavery to this age. Ah, blind world, what an unjust tyrant you are! You flatter, so you can betray. You amuse and entertain, so you can strike a death blow. You laugh, and you entice men to laugh. But you despise people who weep. All you want to do is enchant the senses with a vain joy that turns into poison. But you, vain world, you will weep forever, while God's children will be comforted. Oh, how I despise your contempt, and how afraid I am of falling into your complacency and self-satisfaction.