Thanks to you I have now started to use his daily devotional My Utmost to His Highest. It is very sharp and knowing about the inner life, that much I noticed immediately. And for me as a Christian especially, I expect it to be an eye-opening experience.
I think Oswald Chambers was one of those rare individuals whose life struggle is to let the Immense shine through their little "self", in the process manifesting an energy that irresistibly calls those around them to the same struggle, the undoing of the ties of "personality", the highest realisation of love.
I was not able to comment on this back when I read it because I was not yet a paid subscriber to your substack account. Now that I am, I can write what I would have weeks earlier, which is this…
Thank you for sharing your dissertation. It was quite a long read, but I read every word and enjoyed all of it, including your opening and concluding statements. I especially appreciated mention of his period of spiritual crisis. Of the very little I previously knew about Chambers’ life, that was not a part.
Given that I own only two gifts from my late father (one strand of faux pearls he bought each of his three daughters when we stood up as bridesmaids in our brother’s wedding and one daily devotional book… My Utmost for His Highest), and given the fact that I have experienced my own moments of spiritual crisis, this post was meaningful to me. Thank you for taking the time to post it.
Fascinating introduction, thank you 🙏
Thanks to you I have now started to use his daily devotional My Utmost to His Highest. It is very sharp and knowing about the inner life, that much I noticed immediately. And for me as a Christian especially, I expect it to be an eye-opening experience.
I think Oswald Chambers was one of those rare individuals whose life struggle is to let the Immense shine through their little "self", in the process manifesting an energy that irresistibly calls those around them to the same struggle, the undoing of the ties of "personality", the highest realisation of love.
I was not able to comment on this back when I read it because I was not yet a paid subscriber to your substack account. Now that I am, I can write what I would have weeks earlier, which is this…
Thank you for sharing your dissertation. It was quite a long read, but I read every word and enjoyed all of it, including your opening and concluding statements. I especially appreciated mention of his period of spiritual crisis. Of the very little I previously knew about Chambers’ life, that was not a part.
Given that I own only two gifts from my late father (one strand of faux pearls he bought each of his three daughters when we stood up as bridesmaids in our brother’s wedding and one daily devotional book… My Utmost for His Highest), and given the fact that I have experienced my own moments of spiritual crisis, this post was meaningful to me. Thank you for taking the time to post it.