August 12th

As for thee, the Lord thy God hath not suffered thee so to do. Deut. 18:14.

What a stepping-stone! We give thanks, often with a tearful, doubtful voice, for our spiritual mercies positive; but what an almost infinite field there is for mercies negative! We cannot even imagine all that God has suffered us not to do, not to be.

—Frances Ridley Havergal