July 6, 2009

• The subtle love of softening things…

  I’ve tried to collect all of Amy Carmichael’s books! I love her writings. This poem is a favorite and comes from Edges of His Ways.
  

  From prayer that asks that I may be
  Sheltered from winds that beat on Thee,
  From fearing when I should aspire,
  From faltering when I should climb higher,
  From silken self, O Captain, free
  Thy soldier who would follow Thee.

  From subtle love of softening things,
  From easy choices, weakenings,
  (Not thus are spirits fortified,
  Not this way went the Crucified)
  From all that dims Thy Calvary,
  O Lamb of God, deliver me.

  Give me the love that leads the way,
  The faith that nothing can dismay,
  The hope no disappointments tire,
  The passion that will burn like fire;
  Let me not sink to be a clod:
  Make me Thy fuel, Flame of God.
  

  Amy Carmichael

  (More info can be found about this book and more of Amy’s in the sidebar under Godly living at Georgene’s Bookstore).
  

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