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Have faith, like the flowers, to let the old things go. Earn His beatitude, His "Blessed is he, whosoever shall not be offended in Me"  "the beatitude of the trusting," as it has well been called  even if you have to earn it like John the Baptist in an hour of desolation. HAVE FAITH LIKE THE FLOWERS TO LET THE OLD THINGS GO EARN HIS BEATITUDE HIS BLESSED IS HE WHOSOEVER SHALL NOT BE OFFENDED IN ME THE BEATITUDE OF THE TRUSTING AS IT HAS WELL BEEN CALLED EVEN IF YOU HAVE TO EARN IT LIKE JOHN THE BAPTIST IN AN HOUR OF DESOLATION
gain, that this fresh victory of death is won: it is won when that very power of taking back is yielded; when our hands, like the little calyx hands of God's buttercups, are not only taken off, but folded behind our back in utter abandonment. Death means a loosened grasp--loosened beyond all power of grasping again. And it is no strange thing that happens to us, if God takes us at our word, and strips us for a while of all that made life beautiful. It may be outward things--bodily comfort, leisure, culture, reputation, friendships--that have to drift away as our hands refuse to clasp on anything but God's will for us. Or it may be on our inner life that the stripping falls, and we have to leave the sunny lands of spiritual enjoyment for one after another of temptation's battlefields, where every inch of our foothold has to be tested, where even, it may seem to give way--till no experience, no resting-place remains to us in heaven or earth but God Himself--till we are "wrecked upon God. SP WITH POWER TO TAKE BACK AGAIN THAT THIS FRESH VICTORY OF DEATH IS ONE IT IS ONE WHEN THAT VERY POWER OF TAKING BACK IS YIELDED WHEN OUR HANDS LIKE THE LITTLE CALYXANDS OF GOD'S BUTTERCUPS ARE NOT ONLY TAKEN OFF BUT FOLDED BEHIND OUR BACK IN UTTER ABANDONMENT DEATH MEANS A LOOSENED GRASP LOOSENED BEYOND ALL POWER OF GRASPING AGAIN AND IT IS NO STRANGE THING THAT HAPPENS TO US IF GOD TAKES US AT OUR WORD AND STRIPS US FOR A WHILE OF ALL THAT MADE LIFE BEAUTIFUL IT MAY BE OUTWARD THINGS BODILY COMFORT LEISURE CULTURE REPUTATION FRIENDSHIPS THAT HAVE TO DRIFT AWAY AS OUR HANDS REFUSE TO CLASP ON ANYTHING BUT GOD'S WILL FOR US OR IT MAY BE ON OUR INNER LIFE THAT THE STRIPPING FALLS AND WE HAVE TO LEAVE THE SUNNY LANDS OF SPIRITUAL ENJOYMENT FOR ONE AFTER ANOTHER OF TEMPTATION'S BATTLEFIELDS WHERE EVERY INCH OF OUR FOOTHOLD HAS TO BE TESTED WHERE EVEN IT MAY SEEM TO GIVE WAY TILL NO EXPERIENCE NO RESTING PLACE REMAINS TO US IN HEAVEN OR EARTHTH BUT GOD HIMSELF TILL WE ARE WRECKED UPON GOD
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