Gems worth pondering
March 23
"There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear: because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love." (1 John 4:18)
AS CORN BEFORE THE WIND
There is no fear in love, so we draw near,
Thy perfect love, O Lord, has cast out fear.
As corn before the wind bends all one way,
So would we bow before Thy wind to-day.
Our several choices, Lord, we would forgo;
Breath of the living God, O great wind, blow.
(Amy Carmichael)
N.J. Hiebert # 3652
March 24
"The Lord will command His loving kindness in the daytime, and in the night His song shall be with me." (Psalm 42:8)
The most important victory has often come when we have been lost afraid of being beaten; the brightest songs when an evil day has forced us to lean on God.
To me partings go dreadfully deep. In spirit all is well. . . . Jesus is the bond which no distance breaks and no nearness can give without Him, and which will, blessed be His name, last for ever.
He weans us in every way from this world, that He may attach us to that one for which He has created us anew.
God's hand is always better than man's; His seeming harshness even is better than the world's favour; the spring which guides it is always love, and love directed by perfect wisdom, which we shall understand by-and-by. (Pilgrims Portions for the Day of Rest - J.N. Darby)
N.J. Hiebert # 3653
