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November 11
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Believer, if your
inheritance be a lowly one you should be satisfied with your earthly
portion; for you may rest assured that it is the fittest for you. Unerring
wisdom ordained your lot, and selected for you the safest and best condition.
A ship of large tonnage is to be brought up the river; now, in one part
of the stream there is a sandbank; should some one ask, "Why does
the captain steer through the deep part of the channel and deviate so
much from a straight line?" His answer would be, "Because
I should not get my vessel into harbour at all if I did not keep to
the deep channel." So, it may be, you would run aground and suffer
shipwreck, if your divine Captain did not steer you into the depths
of affliction where waves of trouble follow each other in quick succession.
Some plants die if they have too much sunshine. It may be that you are
planted where you get but little, you are put there by the loving Husbandman,
because only in that situation will you bring forth fruit unto perfection.
Remember this, had any other condition been better for you than the
one in which you are, divine love would have put you there. You are
placed by God in the most suitable circumstances, and if you had the
choosing of your lot, you would soon cry, "Lord, choose my inheritance
for me, for by my self-will I am pierced through with many sorrows."
Be content with such things as you have, since the Lord has ordered
all things for your good. Take up your own daily cross; it is the burden
best suited for your shoulder, and will prove most effective to make
you perfect in every good word and work to the glory of God. Down busy
self, and proud impatience, it is not for you to choose, but for the
Lord of Love! November
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