Who has not come to the conclusion that he is not but a part, a fraction of some larger whole? Who does not miss at every turn of life an absent God? That man is but a part he knows, for there is room in him for more. That God is the other part he feels, because at times He satisfies his need. Who does not tremble often under that sicklier symtom of his incompleteness, his want of spiritual energy, his helplessness with sin? But now he understands both — the void in his life, the powerlessness of his will. He understands that, like all other energy, spiritual power is contained in Environment. He finds here at last the true root of all human frailty, emptiness, nothingness, sin. This is why "without Me ye can do nothing." Powerless is the normal state not only of this but of every organizm — of every organism apart from its Environment. ~ Natural Law: "Environment."
When I feel alone and lonely
And my empty words seem void,
I relax for just a moment
And I trust joy will unfold.
For in my quite time I listen
To the gentle voice within,
An He hears my prayers clearly
For He let's the sunshine in.
Oh, how marvelous this practice
Which can make our dreams come true,
But the beauty of the challenge
My dear friend, it up to you.
So remember perserverance
Is a gift, but yours by choice,
And if you continue this practice
Rest assured you will rejoice.
For no words can ever tell you
Of the treasure deep within,
But with the art of silent practice
He will let the sunshine in.
~Chris Zambernard
Be prepared in the morning, and go up in the morning to Mount Sinai, and station yourself for me there on the top of the mountain.—Exod 34:2 NET
The morning is the time fixed for my meeting the Lord. The very word morning is as a cluster of rich grapes. Let us crush them, and drink the sacred wine. In the morning! Then God means me to be at my best in strength and hope. I have not to climb in my weakness. In the night I have buried yesterday’s fatigue, and in the morning take a new lease of energy. Blessed is the day whose morning is sanctified! Successful is the day whose first victory was won in prayer! Holy is the day whose dawn finds thee on the top of the mount!
My Father, I am coming. Nothing on the mean plain shall keep me away from the holy heights. At Thy bidding I come, so Thou wilt meet me. Morning on the mount! It will make me strong and glad all the rest of the day so well begun. —Joseph Parker.
Still, still with Thee, when purple morning breaketh,
When the bird waketh, and the shadows flee;
Fairer than morning, lovelier than daylight,
Dawns the sweet consciousness, I am with Thee.
Alone with Thee, amid the mystic shadows,
The solemn hush of nature newly born;
Alone with Thee in breathless adoration,
In the calm dew and freshness of the morn.
As in the dawning o’er the waveless ocean,
The image of the morning-star doth rest,
So in this stillness, Thou beholdest only
Thine image in the waters of my breast.
When sinks the soul, subdued by toil, to slumber,
Its closing eyes look up to Thee in prayer;
Sweet the repose, beneath Thy wings o’er shadowing,
But sweeter still to wake and find Thee there.
—Harriet Beecher Stowe
My mother’s habit was every day, immediately after breakfast, to withdraw for an hour to her own room, and to spend that hour in reading the Bible, in meditation and prayer. From that hour, as from a pure fountain, she drew the strength and sweetness which enabled her to fulfill all her duties, and to remain unruffled by the worries and pettinesses which are so often the trial of narrow neighborhoods. As I think of her life, and all it had to bear, I see the absolute triumph of Christian grace in the lovely ideal of a Christian lady. I never saw her temper disturbed; I never heard her speak one word of anger, of calumny, or of idle gossip; I never observed in her any sign of a single sentiment unbecoming to a soul which had drunk of the river of the water of life, and which had fed upon manna in the barren wilderness.—Farrar
Give God the blossom of the day. Do not put Him off with faded leaves.
~ Streams in the Desert – September 13th
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