Meditations

A Holy Mind. Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus. Philippians 2 verse 5. There is a great difference between a clever mind, a great mind, and a holy mind. The clever mind is pleasing because of its charm. The great mind excites our admiration because of its depth. But only a right spirit can save and make us happy through its constancy and uprightness. Do not conform your ideas to those of the world. Distrust the mind as much as the world esteems it. What we call mind is a certain facility for producing brilliant thoughts, but nothing is more vain. We make an idol of our minds, just as a woman who thinks herself beautiful makes an idol of her face. Our thoughts reflect who we are. We must reject not only this false glitter of the mind, but also every trace of human wisdom, no matter how sincere and useful it may seem. Like little children, we must enter into simplicity of faith, into forthrightness and innocence, into dread of sin, into humiliation, and into the sacred folly of the cross.