Showing posts with label Augustine of Hippo. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Augustine of Hippo. Show all posts

Tuesday, December 7, 2021

Stand still, be quiet.

 

“Behold, now, let my heart tell You what it was seeking there, that I should be gratuitously wanton, having no inducement to evil but the evil itself. It was foul, and I loved it. I loved to perish. I loved my own error— not that for which I erred, but the error itself. Base soul, falling from Your firmament to utter destruction— not seeking anything through the shame but the shame itself!" ~ Augustine of Hippo

“James 2:14-17 reads,