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   Day by Day with the Early Church Fathers
   Devotion for Tuesday , August 08, 2000
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Taken from the Early Church Fathers, 38-volume set comes 366 powerful Bible passages and devotional readings.

"August 8"

"I will greatly rejoice in the Lord, my soul shall be joyful in my God; for he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation, he hath covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decketh himself with ornaments, and as a bride adorneth herself with her jewels." - —Isaiah 61:10

Be in constant prayer as well as reading. Speak with God, and let God speak with you. Let Him instruct you in His commands; let Him direct you. No one can make poor those He makes rich, for one who has been supplied with heavenly food can’t be poor. When you know that it is you who will be perfected, golden ceilings and houses with costly marble mosaics will seem dull to you in comparison to the dwelling in which God has lived and in which the Holy Spirit has begun to make His home. Let us then decorate this house with the colors of innocence. Let us illuminate it with the light of justice. Then it will never decay with the wear of age, nor will its wall colors or gold tarnished. Those things made artificially beautiful are perishing. Things that can’t really be owned can’t provide abiding assurance for their possessors. But remain in a beauty that is continually vivid, in perfect honor, in permanent splendor. It can neither decay nor be destroyed. It can only be fashioned into greater perfection.