| The Ministry of Comfort |
Chapter 11 |
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To begin with, we must enter at the right gate, the children’s gate. We must approach God, saying, “Our Father.” This means that we must come to God in prayer as His children. One writes:
“My little girl tonight with childish glee,
Although her months had numbered not two score,
Escaped her nurse, and at my study door,
With tiny fingers rapping, spoke to me.
Though faint her words, I heard them tremblingly
Fall from her lips as if the darkness bore
Its weight upon her: ‘Father’s child!’ no more
I waited for, but straightway willingly
I brought the sweet intruder into light
With happy laughter.”
It is thus that we should come always to God in prayer. Whenever we do we need not doubt that as quickly as the words “Abba, Father,” are spoken, the door will open to us.
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