「耶和華阿，我曉得人的道路不由自己；行走的人，也不能定自己的腳步。」－耶利米書10:23
「耶和華阿，求你將你的道路指教我...，引導我走平坦的途徑。」－詩篇27:11
－蓋恩夫人
我說：「我要到野地去。」
神說：「不，在城中遊走就可以了。」
我說：「城裡沒有花。」
祂說：「卻有冠冕。」
我說：「我會失去光明，我的朋友也會失去我。」
祂卻回答：「今夜你可以選擇，是失去我，或是失去他們。」
我說我需要點時間，祂說：「哪有這麼難？
引到天國之路，這樣的跟隨並不算太難。」
我望了野地一眼，再轉身面對城門。
祂說：「捨棄花草換取冠冕，你可願意？」
於是，我伸出我的手，使我的心成祂居所；
在神聖之光的照耀裡，我踏出了先前憂心的步伐。
－麥唐納
Lord, we know that people do not control their own destiny. It is not in their power to determine what will happen to them.—Jer 10:23 NET“Lead me in a plain path” (Ps. 27:14).
Many people want to direct God, instead of resigning themselves to be directed by Him; to show Him a way, instead of passively following where He leads. —Madame Guyon
I said: “Let me walk in the field”;
God said: ’Nay, walk in the town“;
I said: ”There are no flowers there“;
He said: ”No flowers, but a crown.”
I said: “But the sky is black,
There is nothing but noise and din”;
But He wept as He sent me back,
“There is more,” He said, "there is sin
I said: “But the air is thick,
And fogs are veiling the sun”;
He answered: “Yet souls are sick,
And souls in the dark undone.”
I said: “I shall miss the light,
And friends will miss me, they say”;
He answered me, “Choose tonight,
If I am to miss you, or they.”
I pleaded for time to be given;
He said: “Is it hard to decide?
It will not seem hard in Heaven
To have, followed the steps of your Guide.”
I cast one look at the fields,
Then set my face to the town;
He said: “My child, do you yield?
Will you leave the flowers for the crown?”
Then into His hand went mine,
And into my heart came He;
And I walk in a light Divine,
The path I had feared to see.
—George MacDonald
