There hath not failed one word of all his good promise"(1 Kings
Some day we shall understand that God has a reason in every NO which He speaks through the slow movement of life. "Somehow God makes up to us." How often, when His people are worrying and perplexing themselves about their prayers not being answered, is God answering them in a far richer way! Glimpses of this we see occasionally, but the full revelation of it remains for the future.
If God say 'Yes' to our prayer, dear heart
And the sunlight is golden, the sky is blue
While the smooth road beckons to me and you
And the song-birds warble as on we go
Pausing to gather the buds at our feet
Stopping to drink of the streamlets we meet
Happy, more happy our journey will grow
If God says 'Yes' to our prayer, dear heart.
If God says 'No'to our prayer, dear heart
And the clouds hang heavy and dull and gray
If the rough rocks hinder and block the way
While the sharp winds pierce us and sting with cold
Ah, dear, there is home at the journey's end
And these are the trials the Father doth send
To draw us as sheep to His Heavenly fold
If God says 'No'to our prayer, dear heart.
Oh for the faith that does not make haste, but waits patiently for the Lord, waits for the explanation that shall come in the end, at the revelation of Jesus Christ! When did God take anything from a man, without giving him manifold more in return? Suppose that the return had not been made immediately manifest, what then? Is today the limit of God's working time? Has He no provinces beyond this little world? Does the door of the grave open upon nothing but infinite darkness and eternal silence
Yet, even confining the judgment within the hour of this life, it is true that God never touches the heart with a trial without intending to bring upon it some grander gift, some tenderer benediction. He has attained to an eminent degree of Christian grace who knows how to wait.━Selected
When the frosts are in the valley
And the mountain tops are grey
And the choicest buds are blighted
And the blossoms die away
A loving Father whispers
This cometh from my hand
Blessed are ye if ye trust
Where ye cannot understand.
If, after years of toiling
Your wealth should fly away
And leave your hands all empty
And your locks are turning grey
Remember then your Father
Owns all the sea and land
Blessed are ye if ye trust
Where ye cannot understand. ━Selected