about it just to be well dressed or clean. I have to climb into bed just to sleep! Agreed?
Well, I want to go to the City of Happiness. The Great Mapmaker says that the only road is service. His instructions are "Love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbor as thyself." The only rule of the road that He stresses is "Whatsoever ye would that men should do unto you, even so do ye also unto them." He says, "Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you." And He adds, "Give, and it shall be given unto you."
Then, in case any of us might be in doubt at any time about just how to follow any of these simple instructions, He has given us a traveling companion that is called "the Spirit of truth," who "shall guide you into all the truth." He is the interpreter of my map and my instructions.
Very well. The name God means "good." I am to love the good with all there is in me. I am to treat my neighbor as I want him to treat me, not only giving him a square deal, but being as helpful to him as I can be, always. I am to act kindly toward him, speak kindly of him, think kindly about him--exactly as I want him to do toward me. Then I am to ask, seek, and knock actively in search of the things that are my heart's desires.
"Delight thyself also in Jehovah;
And he will give thee the desires of thy heart."
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