October 25: The Enternal (sic) Crush of Things
Does your copy of "My Utmost" have the misspelled word in the title? As I wondered whether "enternal" is suppose to be "eternal" or "internal," I decided this accidentally formed new word might be something perfect for this lesson.
The "crush of things" is the internal battle with eternal significance "to be God's noble man or woman amid a crowd of ignoble things."
Dear Jesus, the children of my heart have such potential to be made extraordinary by Your hand, but only as they give their ordinary gifts and failings to You. Help them to remember that You have chosen them to be a worker in Your plan. Give them the courage and the desire to join You in Your work and "let You have Your way."
Also, Lord, I feel a special urgency to pray for some of these children of my heart. Without knowing any particulars, I feel that they are soon going to be facing a situation which has the possibility of drawing them away from Your plan for their lives. Please let Your voice, so still and quiet, be forceful enough to be heard above the other Siren Songs that try to lead them from Your way.
The "crush of things" is the internal battle with eternal significance "to be God's noble man or woman amid a crowd of ignoble things."
Dear Jesus, the children of my heart have such potential to be made extraordinary by Your hand, but only as they give their ordinary gifts and failings to You. Help them to remember that You have chosen them to be a worker in Your plan. Give them the courage and the desire to join You in Your work and "let You have Your way."
Also, Lord, I feel a special urgency to pray for some of these children of my heart. Without knowing any particulars, I feel that they are soon going to be facing a situation which has the possibility of drawing them away from Your plan for their lives. Please let Your voice, so still and quiet, be forceful enough to be heard above the other Siren Songs that try to lead them from Your way.
posted by Jane at 5:42 AM
1 Comments:
Hi Jane !
Came across your site just today. I am a fan of OC and My Utmost. I have been reading the Updated for aboout 15 years now (!) and recently began using the Classic. You probably are using a Barbour Publication (ISBN 9780916441821) where the word is Enternal. I was intrigued as this the word though hardly used at all still has some merit in the context. I checked with Barbour, also with Rev. Jim Reimann (who did the Updated), and the answer is that Enternal is a typo. utmost.org,
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