The exceeding greatness of His power to us -
ward who believe, according to the working of His mighty power.
                                      -- Eph. i.19

        The lives which seem so poor, so low,
            The hearts which are so cramped and dull,
        The bafled hopes, the impluse slow,
            Thou takest, touchest all, and lo!
        They blossom to the beautiful.

                                      Susan Coolidge


A root set in the finest soil, in the best climate, and blessed with all that sun and air and rain can do for it, is not in so sure a way of its growth to perfection, as every man may be, whose spirit aspires after all that which God is ready and infinitely desirous to give him.  For the sun meests not the springing bud that stretches towards him with half that certainty, as God, the source of all good, communicates Himself to the soul that longs to partake of Him.
                                                                   
                                                                WM. Law

If we stand in the openings of the present moment, with all the length and breadth of our faculties  unselfishly adjusted to what it reveals, we are in the best condition to receive what God is always ready to communicate.
                                                              T.C. Upham