October 5<\/p>\n
Leaning Sides<\/p>\n
“Who is this that cometh up from the wilderness, leaning upon her beloved?” (S. of Sol. 8:5).<\/p>\n
Some one gained a good lesson from a Southern prayer meeting. A colored brother asked the Lord for various blessings–as you and I do, and thanked the Lord for many already received-as you and I do; but he closed with this unusual petition: “And, O Lord, support us! Yes support us Lord on every leanin’ side!” Have you any leaning sides? This humble man’s prayer pictures them in a new way and shows the Great Supporter in a new light also. He is always walking by the Christian, ready to extend His mighty arm and steady the weak one on “every leanin’ side.”<\/p>\n
“Child of My love, lean hard,
\nAnd let Me feel the pressure of thy care;
\nI know thy burden, child. I shaped it;
\nPoised it in Mine Own hand; made no proportion
\nIn its weight to thine unaided strength,
\nFor even as I laid it on, I said,
\n‘I shall be near, and while she leans on Me,
\nThis burden shall be Mine, not hers;
\nSo shall I keep My child within the circling arms<\/p>\n
Of My Own love.’ Here lay it down, nor fear
\nTo impose it on a shoulder which upholds
\nhe government of worlds. Yet closer come:
\nThou art not near enough. I would embrace thy
\ncare; So I might feel My child reposing on My breast.
\nThou lovest Me? I knew it. Doubt not then;
\nBut Wing Me, lean hard.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
October 5<\/p>\n
Leaning Sides<\/p>\n
“Who is this that cometh up from the wilderness, leaning upon her beloved?” (S. of Sol. 8:5).<\/p>\n
Some one gained a good lesson from a Southern prayer meeting. A colored brother asked the Lord for various blessings–as you and I do, and thanked the Lord for many already received-as you and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[8],"class_list":["post-44325","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\/44325","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=44325"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wellsofgrace.com\/devotion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44325\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wellsofgrace.com\/devotion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44325"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wellsofgrace.com\/devotion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44325"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wellsofgrace.com\/devotion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44325"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}