Testimonies for the Church, Volume 2 - Ellen G. White

here. She has almost supreme love for herself. You,
my sister, are poorly prepared to stand amid the
perils of the day of God. You do not imitate the
true Pattern, Jesus. There was not one selfish act in
His whole life. You have a work to do for yourself
which no one can do for you. Divest yourself of
selfishness, and learn the mind and will of God.
Study to show yourself approved unto God. You
are impulsive, and are naturally irritable and
peevish. You work far beyond your strength. There
is no virtue in this, for God does not require it. A
selfish disposition is at the bottom of this. Your
motives are not praiseworthy. You shun
responsibility and caretaking, and have felt that
you should be favored. It is to be regretted that
from your childhood you have been petted and
favored, and your will left unsubdued. Now, at a
more advanced age, you have the work to do which
should have been done in your childhood. Your
husband has yielded to your wishes and indulged
your whims, to your injury.
Selfishness, which manifests itself in a variety
of ways according to circumstances and the
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