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There is no
pillow so soft
as a clear
conscience
(French Proverb)
Carl Gustav Jung
said "Through
pride we are
ever deceiving
ourselves. But
deep down below
the surface of
the average
conscience a
still, small
voice says to
us, 'Something
is out of tune."
God has given us
a conscience, a
voice on the
inside that
directs us in
the way we
should go. That
is how God
designed us. Why
do we have so
many problems if
we are receiving
spiritual
guidance from
God? Why do we
give in to
things we know
are not good for
us? One of our
problems is that
we don't stop
and take time to
listen to what
is going on
inside us.
Sometimes we do
what Billy
Graham said we
do, "Most of us
follow our
conscience as we
follow a
wheelbarrow. We
push it in front
of us in the
direction we
want to go." We
will not prosper
by attempting to
lead our
conscience.
Samuel Butler
cautions, "The
conscience is
thoroughly
well-bred and
soon leaves off
talking to those
who do not wish
to hear it."
Ezekiel Hopkins
believes the
greatest
evidence of
God's existence
is the voice
inside humanity
showing us what
is right. He
said, "There is
a conscience in
humanity;
therefore there
is a God." God's
footprints are
everywhere-around
and within us.
The heavens, the
oceans; the
birth of every
living creature
proclaim His
reality. Life,
the human body
and the
conscience bear
witness to God.
He is forever
speaking. Our
problem is that
we have
developed the
habit of
ignoring Him.
Stop! Get quiet!
Listen! The
"conscience
urges us towards
that which is
best and is the
perfect
interpreter of
life." (Karl
Barth).
We live for only
a brief moment
and must make
good choices. We
are not alone in
the process of
decision-making.
God has given us
help-a-voice.
The conscience,
is a judgment of
reason whereby
the person
recognizes the
moral quality of
a concrete act
they are going
perform, is in
the process of
performing, or
has already
completed. If
you follow the
advice of an old
Hasidic saying
you will do
well, "Be the
master of your
will and the
slave of your
conscience."
Don't allow your
life to become
cluttered.
Consider what
you will gain
and focus on the
sense of
significance you
will obtain by
following the
dictates of your
heart. God's
love sometimes
speaks to us in
a still small
voice. Listen to
yourself-your
inner self. "The
human voice can
never reach the
distance that is
covered by the
still small
voice of
conscience."
(Mohandas
Gandhi).
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