| The Every Day of Life |
Chapter 11 |
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Thus the mother’s heart longs and cries as she holds her child’s little hands in hers. But it is better she should not know what her child’s life will be. It is better that this should lie wholly in God’s hands.
Her part is only to be faithful in the training of her child. She must lead its young feet in true and holy paths. She must fill its mind with pure thoughts and desires and awake in its soul all heavenward longings. All the rest she must commit to God and leave with him. That is better than if she could know all and herself be her child’s guide. God is better than even the best, wisest, and most loving human mother is.
In personal life also, as well as in work for others, it is better that we should trust God. The walk of faith is always the safest and the best of all earth’s paths. If we knew what the day would bring to us we could not pray in the morning as trustingly as when we know only that our time are in God’s hands, not knowing what they shall be. Not only is there safety in thus leaving all in the divine hands; there is also an element of interest in moving ever amid surprises, new scenes, new experiences, and new circumstances. We can say, –
“It may be that he keeps waiting
Till the coming of my feet
Some gift of such rare blessedness,
Some joy so strangely sweet
That my lips can only tremble
With the thanks they cannot speak.
So on I go, not knowing;
I would not if I might;
I would rather walk in the dark with God
Than go alone in the light;
I would rather walk with him by faith
Than walk alone by sight.
My heart shrinks back from trials
Which the future may disclose;
Yet I never had a sorrow
But what the dear Lord chose;
So I send the coming tears back
With the whispered word, ‘He knows!’”
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