| The Life of Dr. J.R. Miller |
Chapter 11 |
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After reading of such experiences as these in dealing with the sorrows and anxieties of his visitors, no one will wonder that he gave this counsel to one who was perplexed:
“With regard to yourself, let me say that the more implicitly you can trust Christ with your life and all its affairs, the sweeter will be your peace and the deeper the joy of your heart. It seems to me that people ofttimes miss blessing because they do not trust fully enough. God loves to have us trust Him. I know by experience the joy it gives to me to have some one repose implicit confidence in me, telling me everything. I often think that this must be a little hint of the joy which Christ has when we trust Him perfectly. We all know, too, how it pains us to have a friend without confidence, trust only partly, or perhaps fear and doubt us. This is also a suggestion of how Christ’s heart must be grieved when we do not fully trust Him.”
One of those who unburdened his heart to this friend of the needy was a college student. In a letter written long after his graduation he told his own story:
“I recall very vividly how, when I was at Princeton making my own way through college, I was once very much disheartened and stopped in for a little heart to heart talk with you on my way back from my home. The kindness with which you talked my burden into blessing I shall not soon forget. That was in my freshman year. At that time you gave me a little book which I prize most highly. Afterwards you wrote to me a few times and I called in to see you on several occasions. All this, I presume, is forgotten by you. With me it is a sweet memory.”
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