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| Helovesme2 Registered user Username: Helovesme2 Post Number: 374 Registered: 8-2004  |
"The journey is too great for thee." 1 Kings 19:7 "And what did God do with His tired servant? Gave him something good to eat, and put him to sleep. Elijah had done splendid work, and had alongside of the chariot in his excitement, and it had been too much for his physical strength, and the reaction had come on, and he was depressed. The physical needed to be cared for. What many people want is sleep, and the physical ailment attended to. There are grand men and women who get where Elijah was - under the juniper tree! and it comes very soothingly to such to hear the words of the Master: "the journey is too great for thee, and I am going to refresh you." Let us not confound physical weariness with spiritual weakness. "I'm too tired to trust and too tired to pray, Said one, as the over-taxed strength gave way. The one consious thought by my mind possessed, Is, oh, could I just drop it all and rest. "Will God forgive me, do you suppose, If I go right to sleep as a baby goes, Without an asking if I may, Without ever trying to trust and pray? "Will God forgive you? why think, dear heart, When language to you was an unknown are, Did a mother deny you needed rest, Or refuse to pillow your head on her breast? "Did she let you want when you could not ask? Did she set her child an unequal task? Or did she cradle you in her arms, And then guard your slumber against alarms? "Ah, how quick was her mother love to see, The unconscious yearnings of infancy. When you've grown too tired to trust and pray, When over-wrought nature has quite given way; "Then just drop it all, and give up to rest, As you used to do on a mother's breast, He knows all about it - the dear Lord knows, So just go to sleep as a baby goes' "Without even asking if you may, God knows when His child is too tired to pray. He judges not solely by uttered prayer, He knows when the yearnings of love are there. "He knows you do pray, He knows you do trust, And He knows, too, the limits of poor weak dust. Oh, the wonderful sympathy of Christ, For His chosen ones in that midnight tryst, "When he bade them sleep and take their rest, While on Him the guilt of the whole world pressed- You've given your life up to him to keep, Then don't be afraid to go right to sleep." -Ella Conrad Cowherd taken from Streams in the Desert, a devotional compiled by Mrs. Chas. E Cowman | ||
| Helovesme2 Registered user Username: Helovesme2 Post Number: 375 Registered: 8-2004 |
This was a reminder I needed today. God knows our frame, He remembers that we are dust. We, on the other hand sometimes misinterpret our experiences - feeling wonderful and exhilarated? God must be especially close today we think. Feeling worn out and discouraged? There must be something wrong with us! And yet the reality is that God right here for us ALL the time. I'm so glad that we can trust our Heavenly father take care of us whether we feel like it or not! | ||
| Flyinglady Registered user Username: Flyinglady Post Number: 2126 Registered: 3-2004  |
I have been soooooo sick this past week. I missed work all week, but in my clear moments I prayed and talked to God. He knew what I was going through. This poem spoke especially to me today. Thanks Helovesme2 for putting it on here. I just reminds me of how awesome our God is. Diana | ||
| Colleentinker Registered user Username: Colleentinker Post Number: 3109 Registered: 12-2003  |
Diana--I wondered why there were some posts from you during the morning! I'm so sorry you've been sick. I hope you will be well enough to enjoy Christmas. Thank you, Mary. Colleen | ||
| Flyinglady Registered user Username: Flyinglady Post Number: 2137 Registered: 3-2004 |
Thank you Colleen. I am much better now. I am now on antibiotics which I should have been on earlier, but was to sick to go to the doctor's office. I will be able to go to my church's Christmas service this evening. On Christmas day I will go to my niece's house. My sister GAL will be there with her husband and son. I need lots of prayers as I am there. Thank God I have been sick because if she gets to annoying, I can just say I am not feeling well and go home. I got my early present from my son last week, with his visit. Then I received a box from him yesterday when I went to pick up my week's mail. So my Christmas will be complete. Oh and MLB and I keep in constant contact. She is so sweet and such a good sister. Thanks for all your prayers. Again, have a MERRY, HAPPY, CHRIST FILLED CHRISTMAS. Diana |
