Whispers of His Power – MAY 7

Ps. 90.12:  So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom.

Some while ago I was given two big pieces of soap and I use both every day.  For a good while I saw very little difference in either, but gradually I saw that both were just a little less.  Of course one can’t at the same time both give and keep, and soap is always giving.  Every time you use it, it gives you something of itself, so naturally it becomes less and less.

Did you ever think of life as a piece of soap?  Every day, hour, minute it is giving you something of itself.  Soon it will have given all, and then there won’t be any more of it here.  When we are young we think things will go on just as they are for ever.  But they don’t.

Next time you use your soap, will you think of David’s prayer in Psalm 90.12?

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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.