Every morning I read Edges of His Ways: Selections for Daily Reading, from the notes of Amy Carmichael, who was a missionary in South India from 1895 until her death in 1951. She read scripture (many translations), and shared her ponderings throughout the years. Her writings helps keep my faith alive and dynamic. I also appreciate and am strengthened by language of the day in which she wrote.
Here is an entry that continues to challenge me. It is in response to Luke 22:50, 51: And one of the them smote the servant of the high priest, and cut off his right ear. And Jesus answered and said, suffer ye thus far. And He touched his ear, and healed him.
“The last thing the Lord Jesus did before His hands were bound was to heal.
“Have you ever asked yourself, If I knew that this was the last thing I should do, what would I do? I have never found the answer to that question. There are so very, very many things that we would want to do for those whom we love, that I do not think we are likely to be able to find the chief one of all these. So the best thing is just to go on simply, doing each thing as it comes as well as we can.
“Our Lord Jesus spent much time in healing sick people, and in the natural course of events it happened that the last thing He did with His kind hands was to heal a bad cut. (I wonder how they could have the heart to bind His hands after that.) In this, as in everything, He left us an example that we should follow in His steps. Do the thing that this next minute, this next hour, brings you, faithfully and lovingly and patiently; and then the last thing you do, before power to do is taken from you (if that should be), will be only the continuation of all that went before.”
Here is an entry that continues to challenge me. It is in response to Luke 22:50, 51: And one of the them smote the servant of the high priest, and cut off his right ear. And Jesus answered and said, suffer ye thus far. And He touched his ear, and healed him.
“The last thing the Lord Jesus did before His hands were bound was to heal.
“Have you ever asked yourself, If I knew that this was the last thing I should do, what would I do? I have never found the answer to that question. There are so very, very many things that we would want to do for those whom we love, that I do not think we are likely to be able to find the chief one of all these. So the best thing is just to go on simply, doing each thing as it comes as well as we can.
“Our Lord Jesus spent much time in healing sick people, and in the natural course of events it happened that the last thing He did with His kind hands was to heal a bad cut. (I wonder how they could have the heart to bind His hands after that.) In this, as in everything, He left us an example that we should follow in His steps. Do the thing that this next minute, this next hour, brings you, faithfully and lovingly and patiently; and then the last thing you do, before power to do is taken from you (if that should be), will be only the continuation of all that went before.”
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