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Abba Poemen — On Watchfulness
By Abba PoemenSource: Abba Poemen - Sayings of the Desert Fathers (Apophthegmata Patrum) - Public Domain68 words
Teach your mouth to say that which is in your heart. Vigilance, self-knowledge, and discernment: these are the guides of the soul. A man who teaches another but does not practice what he teaches is like a spring that feeds and waters all the fields around, but is itself unsightly and clogged with slime. O Lord, grant me vigilance of heart, that I may not stray from Thee.
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