[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":4},["ShallowReactive",2],{"reading-0821":3},"AUGUST 21\r\nHe brought me forth also into a large place; he delivered me; because he delighted in me (Psalm 18:19).\r\nAnd what is this \"large place\"? What can it be but God Himself, that infinite Being in whom all other beings and all other\r\nstreams of life terminate? God is a large place indeed. And it was through humiliation, through abasement through nothingness that David was brought into it. --Madame Guyon.\r\n\"I bare you on eagle's wings, and brought you unto myself' (Exod.\r\n\r\n19:4).\r\nFearing to launch on \"full surrender's\" tide,\r\nI asked the Lord where would its waters glide My little bark, \"To troubled seas I dread?\"\r\n\"Unto Myself,\" He said.\r\nWeeping beside an open grave I stood, In bitterness of soul I cried to God:\r\n\"Where leads this path of sorrow that I tread?\" \"Unto Myself,\" He said.\r\nStriving for souls, I loved the work too well;  Then disappointments came; I could not tell The reason, till He said, \"I am thine all;\r\nUnto Myself I call.\"\r\nWatching my heroes-those I love the best-\r\nI saw them fail; they could not stand the test, Even by this the Lord, through tears not few, Unto Himself me drew.\r\nUnto Himself! Nor earthly tongue can tell The bliss I find, since in His heart I dwell;\r\nThe things that charmed me once seem all as naught; Unto Himself I'm brought. --Selected.",1783499793318]