January 12

Genesis 27:46
IT was the querulous question of a troubled, dissatisfied mother who had been disappointed in her elder son’s marriage to two heathen women, and who felt that life would no longer be worth-while if her other son followed in the same way. But the question may well be taken up by everyone as we face the exigencies of our days. Life may indeed prove useless if Christ is ignored and God is neglected. The only life that is really worth-while is the life that is given to the Lord and lived to His glory.
“I would not dare to live another day
If Thou, O Christ, couldst fail.
Or should Thy prayers before Thy Father’s throne
Cease to avail.
But since I know that
Thou wilt be the same
Throughout eternity,
That I am kept by that same love
That purchased me;
And am persuaded that in Thee
I need not fall;
Since I committed unto Thee
My soul, my all—
I will not fear though calm give place to storm
And peace to war,
For when my Saviour putteth forth His sheep.
He goes before.”
—Barbara Cornet Ryberg.