「祂領我到寬闊之處；祂救拔我，因祂喜悅我。」－詩篇18:19
這位無限的永存者，是一切生命江河的終極歸宿。
神的確是真正的寬闊之處，是大衛經過羞辱、卑微、無有之後，所抵達的寬闊之處。
－蓋恩夫人
因著畏懼神帶我駛向「全然降服」，我便探詢：「小船終點，是否就是洶湧大海。」
祂卻回答：「到我這裡來。」
哭泣的靈魂在墓前沉吟：「這條苦惱的道路通向何處？」
祂卻回答：「到我這裡來。」
因著心中熱愛，我竭力搶救靈魂；不料困難重重，我心充滿無奈。
祂卻對我說：「我是你的一切，只管到我這裡來。」
到祂那裡去！在祂裡面，喜樂難言，所有昨日愛慕今日都成可厭；
只因我被帶到祂裡面。
－選
"He brought me forth also into a large place; he delivered me; because he delighted in me" (Ps. 18:19).And what is this "large place"? What can it be but God Himself, that infinite Being in whom all other beings and all other streams of life terminate? God is a large place indeed. And it was through humiliation, through abasement, through nothingness that David was brought into it.--Madame Guyon
"I bare you on eagle's wings, and brought you unto myself" (Exod. 19:4).
Fearing to launch on "full surrender's" tide,
I asked the Lord where would its waters glide
My little bark, "To troubled seas I dread?"
"Unto Myself," He said.
Weeping beside an open grave I stood,
In bitterness of soul I cried to God:
"Where leads this path of sorrow that I tread?"
"Unto Myself," He said.
Striving for souls, I loved the work too well;
Then disappointments came; I could not tell
The reason, till He said, "I am thine all;
Unto Myself I call."
Watching my heroes--those I loved the best--
I saw them fail; they could not stand the test,
Even by this the Lord, through tears not few,
Unto Himself me drew.
Unto Himself! No earthly tongue can tell
The bliss I find, since in His heart I dwell;
The things that charmed me once seem all as naught;
Unto Himself I'm brought.
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