Give me the Love that leads the way The Faith that nothing can dismay The Hope no disappointments tire The Passion that’ll burn like fire Let me not sink to be a clod Make me Thy fuel, Flame of God.
You can give without loving, but you cannot love without giving.
It is a safe thing to trust Him to fulfill the desires which He creates.
But God is the God of the waves and the billows, and they are still His when they come over us; and again and again we have proved that the overwhelming thing does not overwhelm. Once more by His interposition deliverance came. We were cast down, but not destroyed.
Praise Him who went before to search out a Resting-place. May it be a place of victory too, for His own glory’s sake.
The vows of God are on me. I may not stay to play with shadows or pluck earthly flowers till I my work have done and rendered up account.
Let us not be surprised when we have to face difficulties. When the wind blows hard on a tree, the roots stretch and grow the stronger, Let it be so with us. Let us not be weaklings, yielding to every wind that blows, but strong in spirit to resist.
If you have never been hurt by a word from God, it is probably that you have never heard God speak.
Let nothing be said about anyone unless it passes through the three sieves: Is it true? Is it kind? Is it necessary?
Now you are deep in what seems to me a peculiarly selfless service. The spiritual training of children must be that. You work for the years you will not see. You work for the Invisible all the time, but you work for the Eternal. So it is all worthwhile.
We have all eternity to celebrate the victories but only a few hours before sunset to win them.