There is a strange strength conceived in solitude. Crows go in flocks and wolves in packs, but the lion and the eagle are solitaires. Strength is not in bluster and noise...
Strength is in quietness. The lake must be calm if the heavens are to be reflected on its surface. Our Lord loved the people, but how often we read of His going away from them for a brief season...
The one thing needed above all others today is that we shall go apart with our Lord, and sit at his feet in the sacred privacy of His blessed presence. Oh, for the lost art of meditation! Oh, for the culture of the secret place! Oh, for the tonic of waiting upon God!
Streams in the Desert (from A Place of Quiet Rest)
1 comment:
I completely agree. The prayer closet should be everyone's most prized place...it is mine.
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