That Good Part

From "Come Away My Beloved" by Frances J. Roberts. "He said to Thomas, "Reach your finger here, and look at My hands; and reach your hand here, and put it into My side. Do not be unbelieving, but believing." Lift your eyes, and look upon Me. For though you have forgotten Me, I have not forgotten you. While you have busied yourselves with your daily occupations, I have still been occupied with you. When your mind has been captured by the affairs of life, My thoughts have been of you. My little children, you cannot weary My loved. You may grieve My heart, but My love is changeless, infinite. I long for you to turn to Me. My hands are full of blessings that I desire to give you. I long to hear your voice. You speak much with others-O speak to Me! I have so much to tell you. "Touch Me and handle Me," I told Thomas (see John 20:27. To you I say: Cast yourself upon Me; pour out your love to Me. You will discover that I am as tangible to you a...

"Do not pray for easy lives! Pray to be stronger men. Do not pray for tasks equal to your powers. Pray for powers equal to your tasks. Then the doing of your work shall be no miracle, but you shall be a miracle." --Phillips Brooks. I can do all things through Christ who strenthens me. (Philippians 4:13)

Have you read an Elisabeth Elliot book this year? Only five months left! The disciple who means to compel every one of his thoughts to surrender in obedience to Christ would do well to test himself by asking: 1) Whose glory do I seek? 2) Is this for or against the knowledge of God? 3) Am I giving mind to wholesome precepts? 4) Am I morbidly keen on mere verbal questions and quibbles? 5) Is it more important for me to understand than to obey? 6) Is it more important for me to know than to believe? 7) Will one side of the question inconvenience me? 8) Do I reject a particular truth because it will inconvenience me? (Elisabeth Elliot, Discipline: The Glad Surrender, Revell, 1982)