Two Ways To Love

Love seeketh not itself to please,

Nor for itself hath any care,

But for another gives its ease

And builds a heaven in hell's despair.

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Love seeketh only itself to please,

To bind another to its delight,

Joys in another's loss of ease,

And builds a hell in heaven's despite."

Excerpt from 'The Clod and the Pebble', by William Blake

I think i've been extremely selfish and I really need to stop that 'seeking to please myself'. The more I wilfully ignore the conscience that pricks at me, the more dull and insensitive I become toward the living Word of God.

There is a difference between a godly conscience and an over-sensitive conscience, and I freely admit that I often lean toward the latter. However, I am convinced that in this circumstance, the way that honours God would be the way that seeks to preserve what God has ordained (Mark 10:9).

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