Category Archives: faithfulness

Desert Rose

Posted on August 20, 2015 by mhrockness

The wonder lies in the (desert) floor itself.  It is a layer of crystallized gypsum, several feet thick, that underlies the sand of this district, and serves the land for all building purposes.  You will see scattered along every roadside … Continue reading →

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Are You There, God?

Posted on November 22, 2013 by mhrockness

“Do we not see sometimes that God begins, as it were, by taking the initiative and letting us simply follow on with Him.  Then the obvious leading ceases.  He is there, but He has withdrawn the pillar of cloud from … Continue reading →

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What Really Matters?

Posted on November 9, 2013 by mhrockness

                        “God wants to show us that nothing is great or small to Him.”                                 … Continue reading →

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The Poetry of God’s Ways

Posted on October 4, 2013 by mhrockness

All that outworking of His Grace has come so silently – “not with observation” – like His work in all growth around – so that one can hardly tell when or how the expansion has come.   9 March 23 “All that … Continue reading →

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Seed Sowing

Posted on September 13, 2013 by mhrockness

“. . . & so the seed scatters, & we know not which shall prosper, like the seed sowing that is going on before our eyes on every hillside.”   Journal 1894 Seed.  November 20, 1894.  Lilias and her colleague, Blanche … 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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