Good morning,
Susanna Wesley was a Godly mother. She taught her family the Bible and lived it in their midst. We know her as the mother of John and Charles, the founders of the Methodists.
It is what you do not know that might surprise you. She had nineteen children, of which half died in childbirth. Her husband Samuel, was a minister. He was not good with money and the family was very poor. Samuel spent time in debtors prison.
The raising of the children fell to Susanna. Through it all her children grew to love the Lord. So this devotional is quite inciteful.
How would you judge the lawfulness or unlawfulness of any pleasure?
(Susanna Wesley)
“All things are lawful for me–but not all things are profitable.
All things are lawful for me–but I will not be mastered by anything.” 1 Corinthians 6:12
How would you judge the lawfulness or unlawfulness of any pleasure?
Use this rule: Whatever . . .
weakens your reason,
impairs the tenderness of your conscience,
obscures your sense of God,
takes off your relish for spiritual things–
that thing is sin to you, however innocent it may seem in itself.
By this test you may detect evil, no matter how subtly or how plausibly temptation may be presented to you.
“So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do–do it all for the glory of God.” 1 Corinthians 10:31
Please take a moment to Google, Susanna Wesley, to read more about her. Through God’s help, she was able to accomplish a tremendous amount. This should encourage each of us.
Tom Stearns, WASI Chaplain, 907 715-4001
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