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Today's Devotional

To be incapable of temptation is the privilege of involuntary creatures; a man, or an angel, dares not desire it. So long as he feels Who it is that has made him capable of such danger, Who has given him a will, he is safe; for his life is a prayer that he may not be left to his own guidance.

About the author and the source

F. D. Maurice (1805–1872) was a Church of England theologian and educator, and a founder of Christian Socialism. Lucy Larcom (1824–1893), who included his thought in her compilation Beckonings, grew up in poverty in New England where she became an inspirational poet and author.