Psalm 16:5-6 The LORD is the portion of my inheritance and of my cup: you maintain my lot.… Some years ago an eminent English noblewoman was studying at our Bible Institute in Chicago. I remember the day she left us. She told these two incidents. She said, "One day, over in the home country, I had a letter from a dear friend of mine, a lady, asking me to go at once and see her. I hurried to her home, and as I went up the elegant marble stairway, and saw the costly paintings which lined the walls, I said to myself, 'I wonder whether all this splendour and wealth make my friend happy.' I did not have to wait long to find out. The lady came rushing into the room, dropped into a seat by my side, and told me the misery of her heart. All the honours, all the dignity of her position did not give her joy. A time after this I went to visit a blind woman. She lived in a very poor cottage. It was a rainy day, and the water was dripping through the thatch over her head and gathering in a little pool at her feet. As I went in there, and saw the poverty and the blind eyes, I was driven to turn to the woman and say, 'Maggie, are you not miserable?' She turned those sightless eyes upon me, and said, 'What, lady, — I miserable! I, the child of a King, inheritor of the mansion He has gone to prepare for me — I miserable? No, lady; I am happy.'" Wealth had not brought joy to the one; a living faith had brought joy to the other in the midst of her poverty and misfortune. (R. A. Torrey, D. D.) Parallel Verses KJV: The LORD is the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup: thou maintainest my lot.WEB: Yahweh assigned my portion and my cup. You made my lot secure. |
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