Casting Your Cares

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Casting Your Cares

"Casting all your care upon Him; for He careth
for you."
--1 Peter
5:7

It is a happy way of soothing sorrow when we can
feel--"HE careth for me." Christian! do not
dishonour religion by always wearing a brow of
care; come, cast your burden upon your Lord. You
are staggering beneath a weight which your Father
would not feel. What seems to you a crushing
burden, would be to Him but as the small dust of
the balance. Nothing is so sweet as to

"Lie passive in God's hands,
And know no will but His."

O child of suffering, be thou patient; God has
not passed thee over in His providence. He who is
the feeder of sparrows, will also furnish you
with what you need. Sit not down in despair; hope
on, hope ever. Take up the arms of faith against
a sea of trouble, and your opposition shall yet
end your distresses. There is One who careth for
you. His eye is fixed on you, His heart beats
with pity for your woe, and his hand omnipotent
shall yet bring you the needed help. The darkest
cloud shall scatter itself in showers of mercy.
The blackest gloom shall give place to the
morning. He, if thou art one of His family, will
bind up thy wounds, and heal thy broken heart.
Doubt not His grace because of thy tribulation,
but believe that He loveth thee as much in
seasons of trouble as in times of happiness. What
a serene and quiet life might you lead if you
would leave providing to the God of providence!
With a little oil in the cruse, and a handful of
meal in the barrel, Elijah outlived the famine,
and you will do the same. If God cares for you,
why need you care too? Can you trust Him for your
soul, and not for your body? He has never refused
to bear your burdens, He has never fainted under
their weight. Come, then, soul! have done with
fretful care, and leave all thy concerns in the
hand of a gracious God.

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