To their great joy,
however, when it grew dark they discovered that they were in
phosphorescent waters and that each dangerous wave rolled up crested
with light which made it as clearly visible as if it were mid-day.
So it is that life's dreaded experiences, when we meet them, carry in
themselves the light which takes away the peril and the terror. The
night of sorrow comes with its own lamp of comfort. The hour of
weakness brings its own secret of strength. By the brink of the bitter
fountain itself grows the tree whose branch will heal the waters. The
wilderness with its hunger and no harvest has daily manna. In dark
Gethsemane, where the load is more than mortal heart can bear, an angel
appears, ministering strength that gives victory. When we come to the
hard, rough, steep path we find iron for shoes. The iron will be in
the very hills over which we shall have to climb.
So we see that the matter of shoes is very important. We are pilgrims
here and we cannot walk barefoot on this world's rugged roads. Are our
feet shod for the journey?
"How can I get shoes, and where?" one asks. Do you remember about
Christ's feet, that they were pierced with nails? Why was it? That we
might have shoes to wear on our feet, and that they might not be cut
and torn on the way.
Christ's dear feet were wounded and sore with long journeys over thorns
and stones, and were pierced through with cruel nails, that our feet
might be shod for earth's rough roads, and might at last enter the
gates of pearl and walk on heaven's gold-paved streets.
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