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Oh, the depth of rest that falls on the soul when the voice of the Beloved speaks those words! Will they be said to us? O THE DEPTH OF REST THAT FALLS ON THE SOUL WHEN THE VOICE OF THE BELOVED SPEAKS THOSE WORDS WILL THEY BE SAID TO US
nd He can have His way with me. See in these wild iris-pods how the last tiny threads must be broken, and with that loosing, all that they have is free for God's use in His world around. All reluctance, all calculating, all holding in is gone; the husks are opened wide, the seeds can shed themselves unhindered. Again and again has a breaking come:--the seed broke to let go the shoot--the leaf-bud broke to let go the leaf, and the flower-bud to let go the flower--but all to no practical avail, if there is a holding back now. "Love is the fulfilling of the law," and sacrifice is the very life-breath of love. May God shew us every witholding thread of self that needs breaking still, and may His own touch shrivel it into death. See how this bit of oat-grass is emptying itself out. Look at the wide-openness with which the seed-sheaths loose all that they have to yield, and then the patient content with which they fold their hands--the content of finished work. "She hath done what she could. TRUE THE BONDS ARE LOOSED AND HE CAN HAVE HIS WAY WITH ME SEE IN THESE WILD IRIS PODS HOW THE LAST TINY THREADS MUST BE BROKEN AND WITH THAT LOOSING ALL THAT THEY HAVE IS FREE FOR GOD'S USE IN HIS WORLD AROUND ALL RELUCTANCE ALL CALCULATING ALL HOLDING IN IS GONE THE HUSKS ARE OPENED WIDE THE SEEDS CAN SHED THEMSELVES UNHINDERED AGAIN AND AGAIN HAS A BREAKING COME THE SEED BROKE TO LET GO THE SHOOT THE LEAF BUD BROKE TO LET GO THE LEAF AND THE FLOWER BUD TO LET GO THE FLOWER BUT ALL TO NO PRACTICAL AVAIL IF THERE IS A HOLDING BACK NOW LOVE IS THE FULFILLING OF THE LAW AND SACRIFICE IS THE VERY LIFE BREATH OF LOVE MAY GOD SHOW US EVERY WITHHOLDING THREAD OF SELF THAT NEEDS BREAKING STILL AND MAY HIS OWN TOUCH SHRIVEL IT INTO DEATH SEE HOW THIS BIT OF OAT GRASS IS EMPTYING ITSELF OUT LOOK AT THE WIDE OPENNESS WITH WHICH THE SEED SHEATHS LOOSE ALL THAT THEY HAVE TO YIELD AND THEN THE PATIENT CONTENT WITH WHICH THEY FOLD THEIR HANDS THE CONTENT OF FINISHED WORK SHE HATH DONE WHAT SHE COULD
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