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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." 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
ruggling and wrestling, but by dying to it in Jesus. "I am crucified with Christ"--I myself in the very essence of my being, I let myself go to that death, and by the mysterious power with which God meets faith, I find that He has made it 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 shew us every witholding thread of self that needs breaking still, and may His own touch shrivel it into death. BY HIM BUT HOW AGAIN NOT BY STRUGGLING AND WRESTLING BUT BY DYING TO IT IN JESUS I AM CRUCIFIED WITH CHRIST I MYSELF IN THE VERY ESSENCE OF MY BEING I LET MYSELF GO TO THAT DEATH AND BY THE MYSTERIOUS POWER WITH WHICH GOD MEETS FAITH I FIND THAT HE HAS MADE IT 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
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