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W hat would you th in k if some one compared your life to a weed? Before you answer, let me read Jeremiah 48:6, “Flee, save your lives, and be like the heath in the wil derness.” Now the heath in appear ance is cpmparable to a tumbleweed. It breaks off from its root in the dry season and rolls every which way be fore the wind. It is only stopped by a fence or some other object, where it piles up with those like it. This is not true in Palestine, however, where the heath has a tiny blue flower. When the dry weather comes, the roots shrink and it generally makes itself a smaller ball. While it breaks off from the ground its roots go with it. When it finds a wet place, such as a swamp or marsh, the roots take hold again and the plant will blossom once more. God uses this unusual plant to say something to us relative to our lives. Take a look at your daily existence and see if there is any water there. Water, of course, represents the Word of God. The wind is a symbol of the Holy Spirit. Are you living in a place where your soul is being re freshed? Years ago, when I was prac ticing medicine, I had a good medicai library. I spent a good deal of money on my books. When I gave up my practice, however, I decided I needed the space in my library for my Chris tian study volumes. Calling up a used book dealer, I was taken aback when he told me that they were worth only pennies; virtually of no value whatso ever. Since I first started medicine, many changes have been made. In. this verse, the Lord is suggest ing that we need to have our souls patterned after this heath plant. Let the Holy Spirit take you into an at mosphere where God is loved and wor shipped, and where people talk sense so that the things of earth are second ary to those things of heaven. There
is a vast difference between religion and Christianity. In genuine Chris tianity the individual is in love with Christ his Saviour. On the other hand, there are millions of “religious” people. They may go to church and read a chapter out of the Bible once in a while. They will speak nicely about good things, but they have no COM IN G SOON In the glow of early morning, In the solemn hush of night; Down from heaven's open portals, Steals a messenger of light; Whispering sweetly to my spirit, While the hosts of heaven sing! This the wondrous thrilling story, Christ is coming, Christ my King. Often I can hear His footsteps, Stealing down the paths of time; And the future dark with shadows. Brightens with this hope sublime. Sound ‘the soul-inspiring anthem Angel hosts, your harps attune; Earth's long night is almost over, Christ is coming— coming soon. Long we've waited, blest Redeemer, Waited for the first bright ray Of the morn when sin and sorrow At thy Presence flee away; But our vigil's nearly over; Hope of heaven, oh, priceless boon! In the east the glow appearing, Christ is coming— coming soon. — W. Macomber real knowledge of the Saviour, and have never been born again. If you are a true believer, the Holy Spirit will take you into those quarters and circumstances where you can grow in the grace of the Lord. Lord Byron once declared, “My life is in the yellow leaf, the fruits and flowers of love are gone. The worm, the. shallowness, and the grief are mine alone.” What a terrible thing, to live in a place where there is no water of life, and no sunshine of heaven. I had 15
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