It all starts with me reading from _Streams in the Desert_ by Mrs. Chas. E. Cowman this afternoon. The verse being written about is John 19:11a "Thou couldst have no power at all against me, except it were given thee from above."
In the reading from today comes this: "Nothing that is not God's will can come into the life of one who trusts and obeys God. (...) We live charmed lives if we are living in the center of God's will. All the attacks that Satan, through others' sin, can hurl against us are not only powerless to harm us, but are turned into blessings on the way." -H.W.S.
I felt this to be so true of my own life!
In the center of the circle
Of the Will of God I stand:
There can come no second causes,
All must come from His dear hand.
All is well! for 'tis my Father
Who my life hath planned.
Shall I pass through waves of sorrow?
Then I know it will be best;
Though I cannot tell the reason,
I can trust, and so am blest.
God is Love, and God is faithful,
So in perfect Peace I rest.
With the shade and with the sunshine,
With the joy and with the pain,
Lord, I trust Thee! both are needed,
Each Thy wayward child to train,
Earthy loss, did we but know it,
Often means our heavenly gain.
-I.G.W.
