Gold Nugget 349 - A Lopsided Mind
Those who are perpetually partaking of one particular kind of religious nourishment, however good that may be in its way and measure, ore over-eating of one kind of food, and they will suffer for doing. They will not grow as God meant them to grow, proportionately and symmetrically; there will be a lopsidedness about their mind or character which is very noticeable and very ugly. Whether it be the contemplative, or the poetical, or the speculative, or the evangelistic, or the didactic, or any other side of truth in which men surfeit their souls, they make a mistake in so doing.
They should understand that Divine truth has many sides and aspects, that there is not any one of them that constitutes wisdom or is sufficient to fill the mind and build up the character of a man. Our wisdom is to partake of the various dishes which are on the table our bountiful Host has provided for us; for as the body is the better for eating of many “meats,” so is the soul all the stringer and all the fairer for partaking in moderation of all the various sources of spiritual nutrition that are within its reach.
The Pulpit Commentary, Proverbs p. 496, Proverbs 25:16, 17, (W. Clarkson)
Gold Nugget 349
A Lopsided Mind
