Whispers of His Power –  MARCH 12

Isa. 46.4 (LXX margin):  I will put up with you.

1 John 4.11:  Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another.

Do you sometimes say in your heart, ‘So-and-so is very hard to put up with’?  If God puts up with us we ought also to put up with one another.  If God is not hard on us, we ought not to be hard on one another.  Think of the patience of God with us who so often try His patience.  That thought helps us to be patient with others.

Another help is to think of the good qualities of those who try us.  There is always good to find.  Look for it.  Think of it.  Dwell on it rather than on the opposite.  This is what our dear Lord did.  ‘They have kept Thy word’ He said to His Father, overlooking so much.

Do we speak good of others, as He spoke good of the disciples who so often disappointed Him?  If God so loved us, we ought also to love one another.

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These words are from ’Whispers of His Power’ a collection of writings that Amy Carmichael wrote for her ‘children’ and others associated with the Dohnavur Fellowship. and are Copyright © The Dohnavur Fellowship 1982

Unless otherwise stated, biblical quotations are from the Authorized King James Version of the Bible.

The following abbreviations are used to refer to other versions and sources:

BCP:               Book of Common Prayer, the Great Bible of Coverdale

Conybeare:       W. J. Conybeare, The Epistles of Paul (a translation)

Delitzsch:        F. Delitzsch, Notes on Job and the Psalms

Kay:                W. Kay, The Psalms (a translation)

LXX:              The Septuagint

Moffatt:           J. Moffatt, The New Testament: a new translation

Rotherham:      J. B. Rotherham, The Emphasized Bible Revised Version

RV:                 Revised Version

Way:              A. Way, The Letters of St Paul (a translation)

Westcott:         F. Westcott, Notes on the Gospel of St John

Weymouth:      R. F. Weymouth, The New Testament in Modern Speech

Young:            R. Young, A Literal Translation of the Bible

Verses of poetry without quotation marks were written by Amy Carmichael.