Feb 21 ~

"When I see a little infant caressing its mother, would you have me to say to it, 'You selfish child, how dare you pretend to caress your mother in that way?  You are quite unable to appreciate her character; you love her merely because she loves you, treats you kindly?"

"You are as yet but a babe in Christ," Dr. Cabot continued.  "You love your God and Savior because He first loved you.  The time will come when the character of your love will become changed into one which sees and feels the beauty and the perfection of its object; and if you could be assured that He no longer looked on you with favor, you would still cling to Him with devoted affection."
~ Stepping Heavenward, E. Prentis