He Will Do What is Best

"The language of ..meekness is that of Eli, "it is the Lord" and that of David to the same purport, ,"Here am I; let him do to me as seemeth good unto him. No only, He can do what he will, subscribing to His power, for who can stay His hand? or, He may do what He will, subscribing to His sovereignty, for He gives not account of any of His matters; or He will do what he will, subscribing to His unchangeableness', for He is of one mind, and who can turn Him? but, Let Him do what he will, subscribing to His wisdom and goodness, as Hezekiah, "Good is the word of the Lord, which thou hast spoken." Let Him do what he will, for He will do what is best; and therefore if God should refer the matter to me, says the meek and quiet soul, being well assured that He knows what is good for me better than I do for myself, I would refer it to him again: "He shall choose our inheritance for us."

Matthew Henry - Meekness and Quietness of Spirit 

I couldn't help it, he just landed here.

"You may not be able to keep a bird from landing on your head, but you can keep him from building a nest in your hair. You may not be able to keep the Devil from knocking at your door, but you are able to refrain from asking him to spend the night." BH Carroll

Grace & Peace.

I will heartily lay me a-hold on the greatness of God

As the marsh-hen secretly builds on the watery sod,
Behold I will build me a nest on the greatness of God:
I will fly in the greatness of God as the marsh-hen flies
In the freedom that fills all the space ’twixt the marsh and the skies:

By so many roots as the marsh-grass sends in the sod
I will heartily lay me a-hold on the greatness of God:
Oh, like to the greatness of God is the greatness within
The range of the marshes, the liberal marshes of Glynn.


Excerpt from The Marshes of Glynn, Sidney Lanier

Thanks to Barry Smith for passing this along!