Category Archives: trust

Vibrations

Posted on June 6, 2014 by mhrockness

Each prayer-beat down here vibrates up to the very throne of God, and does its work through that throne on the principalities and powers around us. . .   We can never tell which prayer will liberate the answer, but … Continue reading →

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To Everything. . . a Season

Posted on February 21, 2014 by mhrockness

One feels increasingly that to get things to go on just as well without one is much to be desired. . .   each generation must find out its own best way of doing things unhampered by trying to keep … Continue reading →

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Living in the Meanwhile

Posted on October 11, 2013 by mhrockness

  “When God delays in fulfilling our little thoughts, it is to have Himself room to work out His great ones.”    29 December 1903 “How do we live in the meanwhile?”  These words have been playing over and over in … Continue reading →

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Safe Am I

Posted on August 9, 2013 by mhrockness

Can you not remember, my sister, as if it were yesterday, the hour your first born child lay in your arms and how your heart glowed with such love and joy that all you suffered in bearing it to life was … Continue reading →

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Deep Waters

Posted on July 12, 2013 by mhrockness

“‘I am come into deep waters’ took on a new meaning this morning.  It started with perplexing matters concerning the future.  Then it dawned that shallow waters were a place where you can neither sink nor swim, but in deep … Continue reading →

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Passing Through

Posted on June 28, 2013 by mhrockness

“The word God has given is ‘passing through.’  Passing ‘through’ the broken-up gate (Micah).  Passing ‘through’ the stoning crowd (Luke).  Passing ‘through’ the wall of waves (Hebrews 11).  ‘By faith, they passed through’ – not on one side, avoiding the place … Continue reading →

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Not Bound to Repeat

Posted on April 26, 2013 by mhrockness

If it were only a matter of asking Him to repeat the miracles of the past, faith would have plenty of room.  But He is not bound to reproduce.  He is the Creator – have we ever let our hearts and … 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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