Whispers of His Power –  MARCH 16

Eccles. 3.11 (RV margin):  He hath made everything beautiful in its time: also He hath set eternity in their heart.

The book of Ecclesiastes does not show the life of a child of God.  Never let us live in that sad book.  There are a few happy verses in it, but on the whole it is sad because it is a true description of life under the sun, and if our life is hid with Christ in God (Col. 3.3) it is not lived under the sun but far above the sun.

There is a wonderful word even in this sad book.  He hath made everything beautiful… He hath set eternity in their heart – the heart of all beautiful things.

What do you think that means?

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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.