Gold Nugget 168 - Departure and Return
The material securities fail us; the ship sinks, the bank breaks, the mine is exhausted, the company is defrauded and has to be wound up, trade declines, and our earthly prop is gone. The human help we built upon disappears; our friend sickens, or he is killed in the fatal accident, or he is himself stripped and helpless, or he is estranged from us and discards us. Our hope becomes our disappointment, our pride becomes our shame; we have been staying on that which smites us. …
When the dark hour comes, when the soul sits desolate, when our heart is wounded by the very hand which we hoped would help and heal us, in that day may we hear the voice of the Father we have forsaken, calling to us and saying “Return unto me;” “I will heal your backslidings, I will love you freely.”
The Pulpit Commentary, Isaiah p. 196, Isaiah 10:20-23, (W. Clarkson)
Gold Nugget 168
Departure and Return
