Category Archives: dedication

Lesson of the Crab

Posted on August 23, 2013 by mhrockness

“I had a beautiful day alone at Pescade, in a fresh little cave that we had never found before.  My sermon was from a little crab perched on a rock below, which matched his light-brown shell exactly.  He was just as alive and just … Continue reading →

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Day of Small Things

Posted on June 14, 2013 by mhrockness

“Such a day of small things still, but on God’s time, & and that is enough:  size as well as time & space count nothing with Him.”              1 January 1902 A day of small … Continue reading →

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Lesson of the Buttercup

Posted on March 1, 2013 by mhrockness

Have we learned the buttercup’s lesson yet?  Are our hands off the very blossom of our life?  Are all things – even the treasures that He has sanctified – held loosely, ready to be parted with, without a struggle, when … Continue reading →

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New Year Dawning

Posted on December 28, 2012 by mhrockness

“A weaving of light and shadow, as the old year dies.  But they are the light and shadows not of sunset, but of dawn – a dawn that will turn its dreams into realities.”                                          31 December 1917 I love a new … Continue reading →

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Turn Your Eyes Upon Jesus

Posted on October 26, 2012 by mhrockness

“Turn full your soul’s vision to Jesus and look and look at Him, and a strange dimness will come over all that is apart from Him, and the Divine ‘attrait’ by which God’s saints are made, even in this 20th … Continue reading →

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