| The Glory of the Common Life |
Chapter 17 |
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Once you were in great perplexity. You seemed hopelessly shut in. You could see nothing but danger and loss. Then in a marvelous way God led you out into a large place. In your present gloom and fear, whatever it is, remember this former deliverance. Yesterday’s mercy ought to be a guarantee for mercy today. Yesterday’s kindness should keep our hearts warm in spite of today’s hardness. “I will remember the years of the right hand of the Most High.” Those were glorious years. They were full of sunshine. They were full of love. There were no troubles then. Everything was bright. The air was full of bird songs. The paths were strewn with flowers. All was prosperous. Now all is changed. The birds are not singing today. The flowers have faded. The friends are gone. Prosperity has given way to adversity.
But have you forgotten the past? Ought not the memory of the goodness of other blessed days to shine through the clouds of today and touch them with glory? “I will remember the beautiful years that are gone, and remembering them will bring them back again.”
“Thank God for friends your life has known,
For every dear departed day;
The blessed past is safe alone–
God give, but does not take away;
He only safely keeps above
For us the treasure that we love.”
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