The river of providence is deep, but we bring small bottles. The woods would be silent if no birds sang except those that sang the best. Rather, let my soul devote to You its aspirations, affections, resolutions. Let my mind look to You in all its searchings, shinings, certitudes. Let my body work for You with its full health and abilities.
Meditation is the grand means of growth and grace.
He meant that we must go in for the full treatment. We are like an egg at present. And you cannot go on indefinitely being just an ordinary decent egg. We must be hatched or go bad. C.S. Lewis Mere Christianity .