For From Him, In Him and To Him

Not without design does God write the music of our lives. Be it ours to learn the tune, and not be dismayed at the “rests.” They are not to be slurred over, not to be omitted, not to destroy the melody, not to change the keynote. If we look up, God Himself will beat the time for us. With the eye on Him, we shall strike the next note full and clear.
If we sadly say to ourselves, “There is no music in a ‘rest,’” let us not forget “there is the making of music in it.” The making of music is often a slow and painful process in this life. How patiently God works to teach us!
How long He waits for us to learn the lesson!

—Ruskin (via set-apartgirl)

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He may delay because it would not be safe to give us at once what we ask: we are not ready for it. To give ere we could truly receive, would be to destroy the very heart and hope of prayer, to cease to be our Father. The delay itself may work to bring us nearer to our help, to increase the desire, perfect the prayer, and ripen the receptive condition.

—George Macdonald (via beayuu)

Though the seasons may change, Your love remains. My hiding place. My home.

—(via beayuu)

Though the seasons may change, Your love remains. My hiding place. My home.

—(via beayuu)