February 7
Daily Gleanings of the Saintly LifeThird Day of January
We have the mind of Christ. I CORINTHIANS ii. 16.
WE know that to understand any deeper thoughts of man, there must be what we call a "kindred spirit," in him who hears them. We understand that Plato may have understood the deeper thoughts of his master Socrates better than the practical common-sense mind of Xenophon. It is a common complaint of more thoughtful youth that those around them do not understand them. If any have been more gifted than others to understand their thoughts, they have known that it has been through a secret sympathy of soul. Even so we understand the mind of God by having ourselves, through the gift of God, something of the mind of God; as S. Paul says, "We have the mind of Christ." "To love man, we must know him; to know God, we must love Him."
Jesus, Thou needest me, Even me, Thou Light Divine; O Son of God, Thou needest me, Thou needest sins like mine.
Thy fulness needs my want, Thy wealth my poverty; Thy healing skill my sickness needs, Thy joy my misery.
Earth, with its vales and hills, Needeth the daily sun; This daily sun of ours, it needs An earth to shine upon.
This evil froward soul Needeth a love like Thine; A love like Thine, O loving Christ, Needeth a soul like mine.
It was Thy need of me That brought Thee from above; It is my need of Thee, O Lord, That draws me to Thy love.