We commonly write about the Holy Spirit as the source of power. But in fact he enables us not by making us supernaturally strong but by opening our eyes.

We commonly write about the Holy Spirit as the source of power. But in fact he enables us not by making us supernaturally strong but by opening our eyes. He opens my eyes to Christ, to the brother and sister in Christ, or our fellow man or woman, or the point of need, or the heart-breaking brutality and the equally heart-breaking beauty of the world.

JOHN V. TAYLOR
FROM THE GO-BETWEEN GOD
(SCM PRESS, 1972)

I have often thought that the grace of martyrdom is not only a grace of strength but, above all, a grace of extreme meekness. I am surprised that this characteristic is not more strongly emphasised. “Like sheep before its shearers” (Isaiah 53:7).

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