THE CHOICE DEVOTIONAL READINGS
APPEARING IN THIS VOLUME, SELECTED TO ACCOMPANY AN APPROPRIATE TEXT FOR
EACH DAY, HAVE BEEN DRAWN FROM THE VOLUMINOUS WRITINGS OF ELLEN G. WHITE,
WHO THROUGH SEVENTY YEARS MINISTERED TO THE SPIRITUAL NEEDS OF THOSE ABOUT
HER. THE PRINCIPLES OF CHRISTIAN LIVING WERE TO HER NOT MERELY THE SUBJECT
OF WRITING OR PUBLIC ADDRESS, BUT THEY WERE EXEMPLIFIED IN HER OWN LIFE
AS A TEEN-AGE GIRL, A YOUNG WOMAN, A MOTHER, A HELPFUL NEIGHBOR, A PROMINENT
FIGURE IN HER COMMUNITY, AND A WORLD TRAVELER. A FEATURE OF THIS VOLUME
THAT WILL BE APPRECIATED ESPECIALLY IS THE APPEARANCE OF MANY SELECT STATEMENTS
FROM ELLEN WHITE'S PEN WHICH HERETOFORE HAVE NOT BEEN AVAILABLE IN HER
CURRENT PUBLISHED WORKS, FOR THE CONTENT OF THIS BOOK HAS BEEN DRAWN VERY
LARGELY FROM THE THOUSANDS OF E. G. WHITE ARTICLES PUBLISHED ORIGINALLY
IN SUCH WEEKLY AND MONTHLY JOURNALS AS THE YOUTH'S INSTRUCTOR, REVIEW AND
HERALD, SIGNS OF THE TIMES, ET CETERA, AND FROM HER MANUSCRIPT FILES.
BECAUSE THE READING OF EACH
DAY IS LIMITED TO JUST ONE PRINTED PAGE, MUCH EXCELLENT MATERIAL ON MANY
OF THE SUBJECTS COULD NOT BE INCLUDED, AND OFTEN OMISSIONS HAD TO BE MADE
WITHIN A GIVEN STATEMENT. ALL OMISSIONS ARE RECOGNIZED IN THE USUAL WAY.
IN SOME CASES THE READING FOR THE DAY CONSISTS OF SEVERAL CHOICE UTTERANCES
GROUPED TOGETHER AS ONE COMPOSITE STATEMENT. AT THE CLOSE OF THE VOLUME
THE INDIVIDUAL SOURCE CREDITS WILL BE FOUND.
SOME OF THE WORDS OF ADMONITION
CONTAINED IN THIS LITTLE VOLUME WERE ADDRESSED ORIGINALLY TO THE FAMILY
AS A WHOLE, OTHERS TO PARENTS OR CHILDREN OR YOUTH. MANY OF THE STATEMENTS
ARE OF A MORE GENERAL NATURE. IN EVERY CASE THE MESSAGE IS ONE THAT SPEAKS
CLEARLY TO THE HEART OF THE READER REGARDLESS OF AGE, POSITION, OR VOCATION.
MY LIFE TODAY WAS COMPILED UNDER
THE DIRECTION OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE ELLEN G. WHITE PUBLICATIONS,
WHO CARRY THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE CARE AND PUBLICATION OF THE E. G. WHITE
WRITINGS. THE WORK HAS BEEN DONE IN FULL HARMONY WITH MRS. WHITE'S INSTRUCTION
TO THESE TRUSTEES PROVIDING FOR THE PRINTING OF COMPILATIONS FROM HER WRITINGS.
THAT THE BRIEF DAY-BY-DAY MESSAGES
CONCERNING YOUR LIFE TODAY MAY SERVE AS A GUIDE AND AN ENCOURAGEMENT ON
THE CHRISTIAN WAY IS THE SINCERE WISH OF THE PUBLISHERS AND
THE TRUSTEES OF THE ELLEN G.
WHITE PUBLICATIONS.