| The Every Day of Life |
Chapter 21 |
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The one great lesson to be learned is, perfect accord with the will of God for us every moment, whatever that will may be.
“Father, I do not ask
That thou wouldst choose some other task,
And make it mine. I pray
But this; let every day
Be moulded still
By thine own hand; my will
Be only thine, however deep
I have to bend, my hand to keep.
Let me not simply do, but be content,
Sure that the little crosses each are sent,
And no mistake can ever be
With thine own hand to choose for me.”
“As it is in heaven” may seem far above us today. The song is too sweet for our unmusical voice to sing. The life is too beautiful for us, with our imperfect, inharmonious nature, to live. But if only we are true to our Christian faith; if only we strive ever to do our Father’s will; if only we keep our heart ever open to the love of Christ and to the help and sanctifying influence of the Holy Spirit, we shall rise day by day toward heaven’s perfect-ness, until at last we shall enter the pearl gates and be with Christ and be like him. For the present our striving and our prayer should ever be: “Thy will be done on earth, in us, as it is done in heaven.”
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