January 15

They shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; they shall walk, and not faint. Isaiah 40:31.

This, my soul, is the triumph of thy being to be able to  walk  with God! Flight belongs to the young soul; it is the  romance  of religion. To run without weariness belongs to the  lofty  soul; it is the  beauty  of religion. But to walk and not faint belongs to the  perfect  soul; it is the  power  of religion.

Canst thou walk in white through the stained thoroughfares of men? Canst thou touch the vile and polluted ones of earth and retain thy garments pure? Canst thou meet in contact with the sinful and be thyself undefiled?  Then  thou hast surpassed the flight of the eagle! George Matheson.