With a ring on my finger which would support a man and his family for a year I confront the poor man "at my door." I know what my duty ultimately is; my problem arises out of my unwillingness --- or my inability, if you like --- to do that duty. God says: . . . "Give to him that asketh thee, and from him that would borrow of thee turn not thou away" (Matthew 5:42) . . . . But I answer: "God, I cannot do that; thou seest that I cannot do that; and since I cannot, wilt thou not tell me what to do short of that?" But God does not again reply. He has nothing more to say.- John Knox
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