If we could only know the blessings that lie hidden in our trials
we would say like David, when Shimei cursed him (I Samuel 16),
"Let him curse; . . . it may be . . . that the Lord will requite me good for his cursing this day."

--Streams in the Desert, Mrs. Charles Cowman, Back to the Bible website

WE cannot be useless while we are doing and suffering God's will,
whatever it may be found to be.
And we can always do that.

If we are bringing forth the fruits of the Spirit,
we are not useless.
And we can always do that.

If we are increasing in the knowledge of God's will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding,
we are not useless.
And we can always do that.

While we pray we cannot be useless.
And we can always do that.

God will always find us a work to do,
a niche to fill,
a place to serve,
nay, even a soul to save,
when it is His will,
and not ours, that we desire to do;

and if it should please Him that we should sit still for the rest of our lives,
doing nothing else but waiting on Him, and waiting for Him,
why should we complain?
Here is the patience of the saints.

--ANTHONY W. THOROLD

Rest in the Lord, and wait patiently for Him.
--PSALMS 37:7

The Patience of the Saints by Mary Wilder Tileston, Joy and Strength, Back to the Bible