“Faith is sweetest of worships to him, who so loves

        His unbearable splendours in darkness to hide;

And to trust to Thy Word, dearest Lord! Is true love,

                For those prayers are most granted which seem most

                denied.”

 

“Our faith throws her arms around all Thou hast told her,

                And, able to hold as much more, can but grieve.

She could hold Thy grand self, Lord! If Thou wouldst reveal it,

                And love makes her long to have more to believe.”

Let your faith, then, “throw its arms around all God has told you,” and in every dark hour remember that ‘though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations,” it is only like through a tunnel. The sun has not ceased shining because the traveller through the tunnel has ceased to see it; and the Sun of righteousness is still shining, although you in your dark tunnel do not see Him. Be patient and trustful, and wait. This time of darkness is only permitted that “the trial of your faith, being much more precious than gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honor and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ.

-The Christian’s Secret of a Happy Life by Hannah Whitall Smith

Alot to share, but I can’t seem to put it in words today. So I’ll just share this piece from one of our required readings.