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by L B Cowman
Bearing the Sting
"He opened not his mouth" (Isa. 53:7).
How much grace it requires to bear a misunderstanding rightly, and to receive an
unkind judgment in holy sweetness! Nothing tests the Christian character more
than to have some evil thing said about him. This is the file that soon proves
whether we are electro-plate or solid gold. If we could only know the blessings
that lie hidden in our trials we would say like David, when Shimei cursed him,
"Let him curse;... it may be... that the Lord will requite me good for his
cursing this day."
God give us more of His Spirit, "who, when he was reviled, reviled not again";
but "committed himself to him that judgeth righteously." "Consider him that
endureth such contradiction of sinners against himself."--A. B. Simpson
"Before you" He trod all the path of woe,
He knew deepest sorrow and pain and grief,
"Before you" and for you, He won the fight
Some people get easily turned aside from the grandeur of their life-work by
pursuing their own grievances and enemies, until their life gets turned into one
little petty whirl of warfare. It is like a nest of hornets. You may disperse
the hornets, but you will probably get terribly stung, and get nothing for your
pains, for even their honey is not worth a search.
He took the sharp thrusts with His head bent low.
He knew long endurance without relief,
He took all the bitter from death's deep cup,
He kept not a blood-drop but gave all up.
To bring you to glory and realms of light.
--L.S.P.
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