There is a large part of the Bible which can be received only when we come into the places for which the words were given. There are promises for weakness which we can never receive when we are strong.
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There are consolations for sickness whose comfort we can never possess while in robust health. There are promises for loneliness which can never come while loving companions are by our side. There are words for old age which we can never appropriate along the years of youth.
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God cannot show us the stars while the sun shines; He cannot make us know the precious things He has prepared for our nights while it is day. Christ says, "I have yet many things to say unto you, but ye cannot bear them now". We could not understand them.
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But by-and-by, when we come into places of need, sorrow, weakness, failure, loneliness, sickness, old age, then He will tell us these other long-withheld things. When night comes, He will show us the stars.
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An old saint gave me an ancient photocopy of this poem once. No idea where it came from or who wrote it, but it's wonderful. "When night comes, He will show us the stars."
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