Thought for March 24

[Thompson, Darryl]

     It is not God that blinds the eyes of men or hardens their hearts.
He sends them light to correct their errors, and to lead them in safe
paths; it is by the rejection of this light that the eyes are blinded
and the heart hardened. Often the process is gradual, and almost
imperceptible. Light comes to the soul through God's word, through His
servants, or by the direct agency of His Spirit; but when one ray of
light is disregarded, there is a partial benumbing of the spiritual
perceptions, and the second revealing of light is less clearly
discerned. So the darkness increases, until it is night in the soul.
Desire of Ages, p. 322