Here is the Sweetness

“…here is the sweetness of my lot:  

I am a stranger with You.  

You are my co-sufferer, my fellow traveler.  

Oh, what joy to wander in such blessed society!  

My heart burns within me 

when You speak with me along the way and, 

though I am a sojourner, 

I am far more blessed than those who sit on thrones, 

and far more at home 

than those who dwell under the ceilings of their houses.”

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“To me remains nor place, nor time:

My country is in every clime;

I cam be calm and free from care

On any shore, since 

God is there."

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“Hear my prayer, O Lord, 
and give ear to my cry;
Do not be silent at my tears;
For I am a stranger with You,
A sojourner like all my fathers."
Psalm 39:12

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excerpt from Morning and Evening by Spurgeon, March 16 a.m.