To be near unto God - pagina 90

meditative life with too much tenderness in it not do. He who gives himself to this weakens and enervates his spiritual nature, becomes unfit for his Divine calling in the world, and loses even the exhilirating freshness of his piety. With a healthful state of heart this change is steady and regiilar. There is the constajit and earnest application to our work, with God above us, from whom comes our strength, and in whom stands our help. And then there is the search after God in prayer, the meditation on his Word, and the inner tenderness which is produced by the motions of holy love. Our God is a God both far off and near at hand. Thus the wind of the day has more than a natural significance. Every day of life forms a whole by itself. And in all the daily happenings there is a plan and guidance of God. And so there goes a wind of day through every day of life. First there are hours when nothing speaks to the heart. When everything loses itself in ordinary occupations and it seems that this day has no message for us. And then in the simplest event will

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is something striking that rouses attention, that makes one think and one's thoughts to multiply; something that a child calls out to us, or a friend whispers in the ear; something that suggests itself from within or something that we hear, something that was reported to us or that happened at home or in the office in brief, anything that brought color and outline into the dullness of existence and proved itself for that particular day, "the wind of the day" in which God's voice was heard. So the Lord goes out every day seeking after

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