ough Potiphar's kitchen and Egypt's prison to get to his throne."David hunted like a partridge on the mountain bruised weary and footsore was ground into bread for a kingdom. Paul never could have been bread for Caesar's household if he had not endured the bruising whippings and stonings. He was ground into fine flour for the royal family.""Like combat like victory. If for you He has appointed special trials be assured that in His heart He has kept for you a special place. A soul sorely bruised is a soul elect." “”28 “———— “” ——"The Lord hath sent strength for thee." Psa. 68.28 P.B.V.The Lord imparts unto us that primary strength of character which makes everything in life work with intensity and decision. We are "strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man." And the strength is continuous; reserves of power come to us which we cannot exhaust."As thy days so shall thy strength be"--strength of will strength of affection strength of judgment strength of ideals and achievement."The Lord is my strength" to go on. He gives us power to tread the dead level to walk the long lane that seems never to have a turning to go through those long reaches of life which afford no pleasant surprise and which depress the spirits in the sameness of a terrible drudgery."The Lord is my strength" to go up. He is to me the power by which I can climb the Hill Difficulty and not be afraid,Womens Vans Slip-On."The Lord is my strength" to go down. It is when we leave the bracing heights where the wind and the sun have been about us and when we begin to come down the hill into closer and more sultry spheres that the heart is apt to grow faint.I heard a man say the other day concerning his growing physical frailty "It is the coming down that tires me!""The Lord is my strength" to sit still. And how difficult is the attainment! Do we not often say to one another in seasons when we are compelled to be quiet "If only I could do something!"When the child is ill and the mother stands by in comparative impotence how severe is the test! But to do nothing just to sit still and wait requires tremendous strength. "The Lord is my strength!" "Our sufficiency is of God." --The Silver Lining. “”28 “…” “”25 “” —— “” —— “” ——“” “” ——“”“”5——"I called upon him but he gave me no answer. " S,Womens Vans Era Laceless Pink. of Sol. 5:6The Lord when He hath given great faith hath been known to try it by long delayings. He has suffered His servants' voices to echo in their ears as from a brazen sky,Womens Vans Running Shoes. They have knocked at the golden gate but it has remained unmovable as though it were rusted upon its hinges. Like Jeremiah they have cried "Thou hast covered thyself with a cloudthat our prayer should not pass through."Lam3:44Thus have true saints continued long in patient waiting without reply not because their prayers were not vehement nor because they were unaccepted but because it so pleased Him who is a Sovereign and who gives according to His own pleasure. If it pleases Him to bid our patience exercise itself shall He not Related articles:

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