Whispers of His Power – OCTOBER 23

Matt. 5.4:  Blessed are they that mourn:  for they shall be comforted.

What comfort is there, if you have lost a beloved child, a husband or wife, a father or mother, or other close relative or friend?

Will this help?  If our Lord Jesus came into our garden and asked for a flower, would we choose a faded flower, or one we did not like and did not want, to give to Him?  We know we could never do that.

He has come to our garden.  He has asked for one of our sweetest flowers.  Do we grudge Him that flower?  Do we wish He had chosen another?  In our hearts we know that if we really saw Him come we would say, ‘Lord Jesus, take our best’.

Then let us say that to Him now.  He will take good care of our flower.

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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.