If I ask to be delivered from trial rather than for
deliverance out of it, to the praise of His glory; if I forget
that the way of the Cross leads to the Cross and not to a bank
of flowers; if I regulate my life on these lines, or even
unconsciously my thinking, so that I am surprised when the way
is rough and think it strange,
"Think it not strange, Count it all joy,"
then I know nothing of Calvary love.
Amy Carmichael
If we seek, and accept, the thorns for ourselves, me thinks He will make us as flowers to others, and sadly, me thinks it also works the other way 'round
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deliverance out of it, to the praise of His glory; if I forget
that the way of the Cross leads to the Cross and not to a bank
of flowers; if I regulate my life on these lines, or even
unconsciously my thinking, so that I am surprised when the way
is rough and think it strange,
"Think it not strange, Count it all joy,"
then I know nothing of Calvary love.
Amy Carmichael
If we seek, and accept, the thorns for ourselves, me thinks He will make us as flowers to others, and sadly, me thinks it also works the other way 'round
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