“Commitment is doing what you said you would do, after the feeling you said it in has passed” -St. Camillus. Who of us has had our high resolve to act disappear as the morning fog because we never really acted on it? We felt an inward stir that prompted an impulse to action. We postponed doing anything. This is revival without any follow through. This is a divine moment without followup. We must live out our great insights; we must act on our best impulses and be true to our promises and our covenants.
“What do you think? A man had two sons; he went to the first and said, ‘Son, go and work in the vineyard today.’ He answered, ‘I will not’; but later he changed his mind and went. The father went to the second and said the same; and he answered, ‘I go, sir’; but he did not go. Which of the two did the will of his father?” They said, “The first.” Jesus said to them, “Truly I tell you, the tax collectors and the prostitutes are going into the kingdom of God ahead of you. (Matthew 21:28-31 NRSV)
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