February 21<\/p>\n
Himself<\/p>\n
“He brought me forth also into a large place; he delivered me; because he delighted in me” (Ps. 18:19).<\/p>\n
And what is this “large place”? What can it be but God Himself, that infinite Being in whom all other beings and all other streams of life terminate? God is a large place indeed. And it was through humiliation, through abasement, through nothingness that David was brought into it.–Madame Guyon<\/p>\n
“I bare you on eagle’s wings, and brought you unto myself” (Exod. 19:4).<\/p>\n
Fearing to launch on “full surrender’s” tide,
\n I asked the Lord where would its waters glide
\n My little bark, “To troubled seas I dread?”
\n “Unto Myself,” He said.<\/p>\n
Weeping beside an open grave I stood,
\n In bitterness of soul I cried to God:
\n “Where leads this path of sorrow that I tread?”
\n “Unto Myself,” He said.<\/p>\n
Striving for souls, I loved the work too well;
\n Then disappointments came; I could not tell
\n The reason, till He said, “I am thine all;
\n Unto Myself I call.”<\/p>\n
Watching my heroes–those I loved the best–
\n I saw them fail; they could not stand the test,
\n Even by this the Lord, through tears not few,
\n Unto Himself me drew.<\/p>\n
Unto Himself! No earthly tongue can tell
\n The bliss I find, since in His heart I dwell;
\n The things that charmed me once seem all asnaught;
\n Unto Himself I’m brought.<\/p>\n
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February 21<\/p>\n
Himself<\/p>\n
“He brought me forth also into a large place; he delivered me; because he delighted in me” (Ps. 18:19).<\/p>\n
And what is this “large place”? What can it be but God Himself, that infinite Being in whom all other beings and all other streams of life terminate? God is […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[8],"class_list":["post-43195","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-streams","tag-streams-in-the-desert","odd"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wellsofgrace.com\/devotion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43195","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wellsofgrace.com\/devotion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wellsofgrace.com\/devotion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wellsofgrace.com\/devotion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wellsofgrace.com\/devotion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43195"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wellsofgrace.com\/devotion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43195\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wellsofgrace.com\/devotion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43195"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wellsofgrace.com\/devotion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43195"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wellsofgrace.com\/devotion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43195"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}