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GOD’S WAYSGOD’S WAYS

A lesson from Mother A lesson from Mother NatureNature

NAHUM 1:3NAHUM 1:3

I recollect, when a lad, sitting on a mountain,

and watching a storm as it came up the valley.

The heavens were The heavens were filled with blackness, filled with blackness,

and the earth was and the earth was shaken by the voice shaken by the voice

of thunder.of thunder.

It seemed as though that fair It seemed as though that fair landscape was utterly landscape was utterly

changed, and its beauty gone changed, and its beauty gone never to return.never to return.

But the storm swept But the storm swept on, and passed out of on, and passed out of

the valley…the valley…

…And if I had sat in the same place on the following day,

and said:

“Where is that terrible storm with all its terrible

blackness?”

And the daisy would have said, And the daisy would have said, “Part of it is in me,”“Part of it is in me,”

……The grass would have said, The grass would have said, “Part of it is in me,”“Part of it is in me,”

And the trees and flowers and And the trees and flowers and everything that grows out of the everything that grows out of the

ground would have said, ground would have said, “Part of the “Part of the storm is incandescent in me.”storm is incandescent in me.”

Have you longed for the fruit of the Have you longed for the fruit of the Spirit, and have you prayed for Spirit, and have you prayed for

sweetness and gentleness and love?sweetness and gentleness and love?

Have you asked to be Have you asked to be made like your Lord?made like your Lord?

……Then fear not any Then fear not any stormy tempest that may stormy tempest that may sweep through your life.sweep through your life.

A blessing is in the A blessing is in the storm, and there will be storm, and there will be the rich fruitage in the the rich fruitage in the

“afterward.”“afterward.”

The flowers live by the The flowers live by the tears that fall from the sad tears that fall from the sad

face of the skies;face of the skies;

And life would have no And life would have no joys at all, were there no joys at all, were there no

watery eyes.watery eyes.

POEM BY HENRY S. SUTTONPOEM BY HENRY S. SUTTON

See how fair a thing God See how fair a thing God hath built up from tears.hath built up from tears.

The Rainbow!The Rainbow!

Love thou thy sorrow; grief Love thou thy sorrow; grief shall bring its own excuse in shall bring its own excuse in

after years:after years:

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