Whispers of His Power –  MARCH 30

Song of Sol. 4.16:  Awake, O north wind; and come, thou south; blow upon my garden, that the spices thereof may flow out.

There are two pots of lilies in my room.  In one the flowers are large and perfect;  in the other the bloom has missed something.  It does not touch perfection.

A glance discovers the reason. Its leaves are dusty.

Awake, O north wind – sharp, cold, unwelcome – and come, thou south – welcome by all – blow upon My garden.  Round about us day by day these winds blow.  They breathe the very breath of life upon us, for they come at the call of Him who is our Breath of life.

Are we receiving all that they carry to us?  Are we missing the blessed good of either the sharpness or sweetness, the desired or the undesired?  Are those secret doors of the spirit, hidden from all eyes like the stomata on the underside of the leaf, wide open, clean, free from the dust of earth?

O Breath of Life whose winds blow about me now, let me be all open to Thee today.

oooOOOooo

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.