"Follow Me".

I don't know if you have ever heard of the devotional book called "Streams In The Desert" by Mrs. Charles E. Cowman or not, but I've been reading it. And it is really amazing and powerful and I highly recommend it.
Well, today March 15th, I would like to share from the book for today. It is really powerful.

March 15th:
"Fear not, thou worm Jacob...I will make thee a threshing instrument with teeth." Isaiah41:14-15.

Could any two things be in greater contrast than a worm and an instrument with teeth? The worm is delicate, bruised by a stone, crushed beneath the passing wheel; an instrument with teeth can break and not be broken; it can grave its mark upon the rock. And the mighty God can convert the one int the other. He can take a man or a nation, who has all the impotence of the worm, and by the invigoration of His own Spirit, He can endow with strength by which a noble mark is left upon the history of the time.
And so the "worm" may take heart. The mighty God can make us stronger than our circumstances. He can bend them all to our good. In God's strength we can make them all pay tribute to our souls. We can even take hold of a black disappointment, break it open, and extract some jewel of grace. When God gives us wills like iron, we can drive through difficulties as the iron share cuts through the toughest soil. "I will make thee," and shall He not do it- Dr. Jowett.

Christ is building His Kingdom with the earth's broken things. Men want only the strong, the successful, the victorious,   the unbroken, in building their kingdoms; but God is the God of the unsuccessful, of those who have failed. Heaven is filling with earth's broken lives, and there is no bruised reed that Christ cannot take and restore to glorious blessedness and beauty. He can take the life crushed by pain or sorrow and make it into a harp whose music shall be all praise. He can lift earth's saddest failure up to Heaven's glory.- J.R. Miller.

"Follow Me, and I will make you"...
Make you speak My words with power,
Make you channels of My mercy,
Make you helpful every hour.

"Follow Me and I will make you"...
Make you what you cannot be-
Make you loving, trustful, godly,
Make you even like Me.
--L.S.P.
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Wow...wasn't that all powerful? God really spoke to me through it all. I've always tried my hardest to explain how God uses our pain to make us beautiful in His Kingdom, but this is exactly how I tried to explain but couldn't...The last quote I want to make into part of a song. I think it would be beautiful put to music.
Tell me what you think. And I really recommend you finding your own "Streams In The Desert" book to soak into and be moved by the power of God Almighty. There is new versions made of this book i believe, but it is worded different and watered down. So make sure to get the book written by Mrs. Charles E. Cowman. :)
Well, have a blessed week! All glory to God!
A Servant 4 Christ,
Lizzie