\n\u201cThey who are really thus filled never feel either humbled or lowered, for they count themselves as below all humiliation. Before they could humble themselves, they must rise from whence they are, and they would not leave that place to which
\nGod has called them. They are not humbled by men\u2019s contempt or condemnation, neither do they triumph in any applause, for neither concerns them. They think that One only, in taking upon Him the nature of man, humbled Himself.\u201d (p. 10).<\/p>\n
Patricia St. John:<\/p>\n
\u201cMy Master has an elixir that turns
\nAll base and worthless substances to gold.
\nFrom rubble stones He fashions palaces
\nMost beautiful and stately to behold.
\nHe garners with a craftsman\u2019s skilful care
\nAll that we break, and weeping cast away.
\nHis eyes see uncut opals in the rock
\nAnd shapely vessels in our trampled clay.
\nThe sum of life\u2019s lost opportunities,
\nThe broken friendships, and the wasted years,
\nThese are His raw materials; His hands
\nRest on the fragments, weld them with His tears.<\/p>\n
\u201cA patient Alchemist!\u2014He bides His time,
\nBroods while the South winds breathe, the North winds blow,
\nAnd weary self, at enmity with self,
\nWorks out its own destruction, bitter slow.
\nThen when our dreams have dwindled into smoke,
\nOur gallant highways petered out in mire,
\nOur airy castles crumbled into dust,
\nLeaving us stripped of all save fierce desire,
\nHe comes, with feet deliberate and slow,
\nWho counts a contrite heart His sacrifice.<\/p>\n
\u201c(No other bidders rise to stake their claims
\nHe only on our ruins sets a price).
\nAnd stooping very low engraves with care
\nHis Name, indelible, upon our dust;
\nAnd from the ashes of our self-despair
\nKindles a flame of hope and humble trust.
\nHe seeks no second site on which to build,
\nBut on the old foundation, stone by stone,
\nCementing sad experience with grace,
\nFashions a stronger temple of His own.\u201d
\n\u2014Used by permission. (p. 18).<\/p>\n
Royal Insignia is published by Harvey Christian Publishers and is available in their Online Christian Bookstore.<\/p>\n
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