Whispers of His Power – AUGUST 4
And what have I? An endless Heaven of love,
A rapture, and a glory, and a calm;
A life that is an everlasting Psalm,
All, O Beloved, in Thee.’
And what have I? An endless Heaven of love,
A rapture, and a glory, and a calm;
A life that is an everlasting Psalm,
All, O Beloved, in Thee.’
There is no such thing for a child of God as a lost pain, not even the pain of sin.
…there is nothing, except things concerning our own comfort or desires, about which we can say ‘It doesn’t matter’
For years I lost the comfort of the promises specially spoken to saints, because I knew that I was miles from being one.
If we become interested in ourselves and occupied in taking our own temperatures, so to speak, then that truth which should bring blessing will either slip out of sight or be put out of focus.
Let us follow His wishes in every smallest detail, unconfused by the voices and customs around us.
…each shall have the gift of a great contentment, so as to desire no more than he has got. (Augustine of Hippo)
…at times indeed life seems to be but one long unbroken practice of His Divine Presence. (Brother Lawrence)
So let us not give up hope, for He never does.
Whatever of truth and righteousness man has, is from that fountain, after which we in this desert ought to thirst,