[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":4},["ShallowReactive",2],{"reading-0215":3},"FEBRUARY 15 \nFret not thyself (Psalm 37:1).\r\n\r\nDo not get into a perilous heat about things. If ever heat were\r\njustified, it was surely justified in the circumstances outlined in\r\nthe Psalm. Evil-doers were moving about clothed in purple and fine linen, and faring sumptuously every day. \"Workers of iniquity\" were climbing into the supreme places of power, and were tyrannizing\r\ntheir less fortunate brethren. Sinful men and women were stalking through the land in the pride of life and basking in the light and\r\ncomfort of great prosperity, and good men were becoming heated and fretful.\r\n\"Fret not thyself.\" Do not get unduly heated! Keep cool! Even in a good cause, fretfulness is not a wise help-meet. Fretting only\r\nheats the bearings; it does not generate the steam. It is no help to a train for the axles to get hot; their heat is only a\r\nhindrance. When the axles get heated, it is because of unnecessary\r\nfriction; dry surfaces are grinding together, which ought to be kept in smooth cooperation by a delicate cushion of oil.\r\nAnd is it not a suggestive fact that this word \"fret\" is closely\r\nakin to the word \"friction,\" and is an indication of absence of the anointing oil of the grace of God?\r\nIn fretfulness, a little bit of grit gets into the bearings--some\r\nslight disappointment some ingratitude, some discourtesy--and the smooth working of the life is checked. Friction begets heat, and\r\nwith the heat most dangerous conditions are created.\r\nDo not let thy bearing get hot. Let the oil of the Lord keep thee   cool, lest by reason of an unholy heat thou be reckoned among the evil-doers.--The Silver Lining.\r\nDear restless heart, be still; don't fret and worry so; God has a\r\nthousand ways His love and help to show; Just trust, and trust, and trust, until His will you know.\r\nDear restless heart, be still, for peace is God's own smile, His love can every wrong and sorrow reconcile;\r\nJust love, and love, and love, and calmly wait awhile.\r\nDear restless heart, be brave; don't moan and sorrow so, He hath a meaning kind in chilly winds that blow;\r\nJust hope, and hope, and hope, until you braver grow.\r\nDear restless heart, repose upon His breast this hour, His grace is strength and life, His love is bloom and flower;\r\nJust rest, and rest, and rest, within His tender power.\r\nDear restless heart, be still! Don't struggle to be free;\r\nGod's life is in your life, from Him you may not flee;\r\nJust pray, and pray, and pray, till you have faith to see. --Edith Willis Linn.",1783499792049]