耶和華─天上的主曾帶領我離開父家和本族的地,對我說話,向我起誓說:『我要將這地賜給你的後裔。』他必差遣使者在你面前,你就可以從那裏為我兒子娶一個妻子。 The LORD, the God of heaven, who brought me out of my father's household and my native land and who spoke to me and promised me on oath, saying, <To your offspring 24:7 Or ((seed)) I will give this land>--he will send his angel before you so that you can get a wife for my son from there.
December 27 "His soul entered into iron." (Psalm 105:18) TURN that about and render it in our language, and it reads thus, "Iron entered his soul." Is there not a truth in this? that sorrow and privation, the yoke borne in the youth, the soul's enforced restraint, are all conducive to an iron tenacity and strength of purpose, and endurance or fortitude, which are the indispensable foundation and framework of a noble character. Do not flinch from suffering; bear it silently, patiently, resignedly; and be sure that it is God's way of infusing iron into your spiritual life. The world wants iron dukes, iron battalions, iron sinews, and thews of steel. God wants iron saints; and since there is no way of imparting iron to the moral nature buy by letting people suffer, He lets them suffer. Are the best years of your life slipping away in enforced monotony? Are you beset by opposition, misunderstanding, and scorn, as the thick undergrowth besets the passage of the woodsman pioneer? Then take heart; the time is not wasted; God is only putting you through the iron regimen. The iron crown of suffering precedes the golden crown of glory. And iron is entering into your soul to make it strong and brave. -F. B. Meyer. "But you will not mind the roughness nor the steepness of the way, Nor the chill, unrested morning, nor the searness of the day; And you will not take a turning to the left or the right, But go straight ahead, nor tremble at the coming of the night, For the road leads home."