Soul Snack 71/12 ...The Inner Signpost

With the overtones of a Stoic, the emperor of Rome penned about 175AD:

"The more a man submits himself to be deprived the more he grows in goodness." ~ Marcus Aurelius

The stirrings of a noble heart will always command a helpful outcome for another. It commends followers and spells goodness - for that is the nature of nobility.

The noble heart knows of a higher purpose. It has an eternally superior value to the pursuit of personal programmes, positions and delights.

The noble heart sees with the benevolent eyes of grace and will refuse to walk in the footsteps of greed.

The noble heart finishes when others fail. It consciously knows that pain and privation are not permitted to be impediments to achievement for others. I suspect that Marcus Aurelius was correct.

Two meters above the ground, two millennia ago, the noblest heart was thrust high for all to view (and abuse). His limbs were punctured by nails, His heart was pierced by derision but His few words were perforated by gracious forgiveness. Finally He released this most noble of all human hearts into the tear-torn grasp of the Almighty...

"Father, into your hands I commit my spirit." When he had said this, he breathed his last. (Luke 23:46)

The noble heart is always the inner signpost of the outer road to walk.

Today’s Soul Snippet:
Wisdom is absent from the seeking of my will, but present in the seeking of His will.