"If all my days were sunny, could I say,
"In His fair land He wipes all tears away"?If I were never weary, could I keep
this blessed truth, "He gives His loved ones sleep"?
If no grace were mine, I might come to deem
The Live Eternal but a baseless dream.
My winter, and my tears, and weariness,
Even my grace, may be His to bless.
I call them ills; yet that can surely be
Nothing but love that shows my Lord to me."
~Joseph Caryl
"Christians with the most spiritual depth are generally those who have been taken through the most intense and deeply anguishing fires of the soul. If you have been praying to know more of Christ, do not surprised if He leads you through the desert or through a furnace of pain."
"Dear Lord, do not punish me by removing my cross from me. Instead, comfort me by leading me into submission to Your will and by causing me to love the cross. Give me only what will serve You the best, and may it be used to reveal the greatest of all Your mercies: bringing glory to Your name through me, according to Your will."
Posted 11/6/2008 at 11:36 AM
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