post 19

"Rest in the Lord, 

and wait patiently for Him"

psalm 37:7

 In all circumstances 

of faith's trial, 

of prayer's delay, 

of hope deferred, 

of hearts' testing,

the most proper and graceful posture of the soul 

 - that which insures the largest revenue of blessing to us and of glory to God -

 is a patient waiting on the Lord. 

The moral discipline of patience is most costly. 

It keeps the soul humble,

 believing, 

prayerful. 

The mercy in which it results is

 all the more prized and precious 

from the long season of hopeful expectation.

God's time, though it tarry, 

when it comes

 proves always to have been the best.

 "My soul, wait only upon God, 

for my expectation is from him."