July 17
Companions of the Way (Evening)The remembrance of them is grievous unto us, the burden of them is intolerable.
AND here I understood that the Lord beholdeth the servant with pity and not with blame. For this passing life asketh not to live all without blame and sin. He loveth us endlessly, and we sin customably, and He sheweth us full mildly, and then we sorrow and mourn discreetly, turning us unto the beholding of His mercy, cleaving to His love and goodness, seeing that He is our medicine, perceiving that we do nought but sin. And thus by the meekness we get by the sight of our sin, faithfully knowing His everlasting love, Him thanking and praising, we please Him!—I love thee, and thou lovest Me, and our love shall not be disparted in two: for thy profit I suffer these things to come.
SUBJECTED IN HOPE