in God's will is our peace..

A writer tells us of going with a party down into a coal mine. On the side of the gang-way grew a plant which was perfectly white. The visitors were astonished that there, where the coal dust was continually flying, this little plant should be so pure and white. A miner who was with them took a handful of coal-black dust and threw it upon the plant, but not a particle adhered. Every atom of the dust rolled off. The visitors themselves repeated the experiment, but the coal dust would not cling. There was a particular enamel on the folds of the white plant to which not even the finest speck of the black dust could adhere. Living there amid the clouds of black dust, nothing could stain its snowy whiteness.

This is a picture of Christian life. This is an evil world and we travel continually among the ungodly. Unholy influences breathe upon us, but it is our mission to remain pure amid all the vileness, undefiled and unspotted from this world. If God can keep a little flower stainless, white as snow, amid clouds of black dust; can He not keep hearts in likewise purity in this world of sin? He can—if we will but let Him! He did this for Mary, His sinless Mother. By His grace He can transform our hearts and life so that sin can no longer cling to them. Yes, in God’s will is OUR PEACE.
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