Thoughts of Grace

A good husbandman prunes,
then awaits the harvest.

Good Morning

Psalm 130:5-6
I wait for the Lord,
my soul doth wait,
and in his word do I hope.
My soul waiteth for the Lord
more than they that watch for the morning:
I say, more than they that watch for the morning.

A soul that is patient waits
with calm endurance for light before acting,
and in virtue of this calm and patient endurance
suffers no pain or anxiety,
because the soul possesses herself and waits for light;
and when the mind waits patiently for light,
sooner or later it is sure to come.
Trials of mind affect us more deeply than pains of body,
and if we give way to anxiety such trials become troubles,
and are immensely increased.
But this cannot happen to those patient souls,
who feel that they are in the hands of God,
and are encircled with His fatherly providence,
and that all things are in in His disposal.
When we see not our way through some trial or difficulty,
we have only to look to God,
and to wait in patience,
and in due time His light will come and guide us.
This very attitude of waiting,
this very patience of expecting,
will dispose the mind to receive
and the will to rightly use,
the needful light.
Whenever you are perplexed as to what course you should take,
if you go blindly into action
you will be sure to repent it.
Wait for light,
wait with patience,
and light will not fail you.
~~William Bernard Ullathorne

Psalm 18:28b
. . .the Lord my God will enlighten my darkness.

Learning to wait . . . Today
With my prayers, desiring yours, Leslie