Post by Betty on Aug 10, 2005 8:02:50 GMT -5
Title: Comfort in the Depths
"Blessed is the man whose strength is in thee. .
.who passing through the valley of weeping, make
it a well" (Ps. 84:5, 6).
Comfort does not come to the light-hearted and
merry. We must go down into "depths" if we would
experience this most precious of God's
gifts--comfort, and thus be prepared to be
co-workers together with Him.
When night--needful night--gathers over the
garden of our souls, when the leaves close up,
and the flowers no longer hold any sunlight
within their folded petals, there shall never be
wanting, even in the thickest darkness, drops of
heavenly dew--dew which falls only when the sun
has gone.
"I have been through the valley of weeping, The
valley of sorrow and pain;
But the 'God of all comfort' was with me, At hand
to uphold and sustain.
"As the earth needs the clouds and sunshine, Our
souls need both sorrow and joy;
So He places us oft in the furnace, The dross
from the gold to destroy.
"When he leads thro' some valley of trouble His
omnipotent hand we trace;
For the trials and sorrows He sends us, Are part
of His lessons in grace.
"Oft we shrink from the purging and pruning,
Forgetting the Husbandman knows
That the deeper the cutting and paring, The
richer the cluster that grows.
"Well He knows that affliction is needed; He has
a wise purpose in view,
And in the dark valley He whispers, 'Hereafter
Thou'lt know what I do.'
"As we travel thro' life's shadow'd valley, Fresh
springs of His love ever rise;
And we learn that our sorrows and losses, Are
blessings just sent in disguise.
"So we'll follow wherever He leadeth, Let the
path be dreary or bright;
For we've proved that our God can give comfort;
Our God can give songs in the night."
This classic devotional is the unabridged edition of
Streams in the Desert. This first edition was published
in 1925 and the wording is preserved as originally
written. Connotations of words may have changed over the
years and are not meant to be offensive.
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"Blessed is the man whose strength is in thee. .
.who passing through the valley of weeping, make
it a well" (Ps. 84:5, 6).
Comfort does not come to the light-hearted and
merry. We must go down into "depths" if we would
experience this most precious of God's
gifts--comfort, and thus be prepared to be
co-workers together with Him.
When night--needful night--gathers over the
garden of our souls, when the leaves close up,
and the flowers no longer hold any sunlight
within their folded petals, there shall never be
wanting, even in the thickest darkness, drops of
heavenly dew--dew which falls only when the sun
has gone.
"I have been through the valley of weeping, The
valley of sorrow and pain;
But the 'God of all comfort' was with me, At hand
to uphold and sustain.
"As the earth needs the clouds and sunshine, Our
souls need both sorrow and joy;
So He places us oft in the furnace, The dross
from the gold to destroy.
"When he leads thro' some valley of trouble His
omnipotent hand we trace;
For the trials and sorrows He sends us, Are part
of His lessons in grace.
"Oft we shrink from the purging and pruning,
Forgetting the Husbandman knows
That the deeper the cutting and paring, The
richer the cluster that grows.
"Well He knows that affliction is needed; He has
a wise purpose in view,
And in the dark valley He whispers, 'Hereafter
Thou'lt know what I do.'
"As we travel thro' life's shadow'd valley, Fresh
springs of His love ever rise;
And we learn that our sorrows and losses, Are
blessings just sent in disguise.
"So we'll follow wherever He leadeth, Let the
path be dreary or bright;
For we've proved that our God can give comfort;
Our God can give songs in the night."
This classic devotional is the unabridged edition of
Streams in the Desert. This first edition was published
in 1925 and the wording is preserved as originally
written. Connotations of words may have changed over the
years and are not meant to be offensive.
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