HH, Sir Godfrey Gregg D.Div
“Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good.” Romans 12:21
It is the way of Nature. She takes the fields which men have marred with their mines and slag mounds — and she plants her ferns and mosses over the unlovely spot, doing her best to make it beautiful again. From the place of strife and battle, where the swords clashed and the guns thundered and the ground was drenched with blood — she brings her richest harvests.
It is the way of Providence. Disasters that seem irretrievable, calamities that are overwhelming as an avalanche — yet benefit the life of the community and the nation in the end. Growth and advance are the fruits of adversity. Our woes benefit us. We are led to victory through our lost campaigns.
It is the way of the Holy. The angels, those ministering spirits who support the heirs of salvation, bear and forbear with my multitudinous provocations. The best men and women love their enemies, pray for those who despitefully use them, and bless those who curse them.
It is the way of God. The Father sets His heart on me — who has rebelled against Him. The Son gives “His unblemished body” on the cruel Tree for me — His antagonist and adversary. The Spirit comes and dwells in me, and loves me into life and grace and holiness — though I grieve and vex Him every day. God’s tender mercies are over all His works.
Manifestly, I am in the best company when I overcome evil with good.
THE MYSTICAL COURT 