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by S. D. Gordon

Week 45, Wednesday

Motive More Than Emotion

Wednesday. Gen. 27: 30-45.

Weak impulses or bad ones, yielded to, are hard on the tear-ducts. There’s bound 1o be a bad emotional storm before the thing’s over. Tears are very impressive; they sway a lot of people. But one should look through the tear-mist to see what motive controls. Motive is more than emotion. If Esau had been thoughtfully right in his motives beforehand, his emotions wouldn’t be having such a hard time now.

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