The bowed down may yet be lifted up.
The curvature of eighteen years' growth and stiffening was cured in a
moment. The woman who for so long had not been able to look up, went
away with her eyes upturned to God in praise.
The same miracle Christ is able to work now upon souls that are bent,
whether by sin, by sorrow, or by life's load of toil. He can undo
sin's terrible work, and restore the divine image to the soul. He can
give such comfort to the sad heart that eyes long downcast shall be
lifted up to look upon God's face in loving submission and joy. He can
put such songs into the hearts of the weary and overwrought that the
crooked form shall grow straight, and brightness shall come again into
the tired face.
CHAPTER IX.
TRANSFIGURED LIVES.
"The lives which seem so poor, so low,
The hearts which are so cramped and dull,
The baffled hopes, the impulse slow,
Thou takest, touchest all, and lo!
They blossom to the beautiful."
--SUSAN COOLIDGE.
Every Christian's life should be transfigured. There is a sense in
which even a true believer's body becomes transfigured. We have all
seen faces that appeared to shine as if there were some hidden light
behind them. There are some old people who have learned well life's
lessons of patience, peace, contentment, love, trust, and hope, and
whose faces really glow as they near the sunset gates.
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