“Though I am always in haste, I am never in a hurry,
because I never undertake more work than I can go through
with calmness of spirit.”
~John Wesley (as quoted in Ordering Your Private World)
Why was Wesley okay with “haste,” but avoided “hurry“? What’s the difference?
How can we accomplish our work with “calmness of spirit”?
Work Cited:
MacDonald, Gordon. Ordering Your Private World. Nashville, TN: Oliver Nelson. 1984. East Sussex, Great Britain: Highland Books, 1988. Print. (191)
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Probably has to do with walking by the Spirit instead of in our flesh — that is, being spirit controlled.
But I don’t have it all figured out!
To me, the “Haste” would be the necessity to complete your task, and the “not in a hurry,” would be Not to get sloppy, and not to WORRY as you work.
I love the idea of not undertaking more than you can do with “calmness of spirit.”
A whole new idea for us Americans.
Janis