October 3
Let the North wind blow
“Awake, O north wind; and come, thou south; blow upon my garden, that the spices thereof may flow out. Let my beloved come into his garden, and eat his pleasant fruits” (Cant. 4:16).
“He bringeth the wind out of his treasuries” (Psa. 135:7).
A good gardener, it is true, prunes the lower parts of his trees as far as he can, but the higher parts he must leave to the North wind. It shakes and shakes until all the dead, useless branches and twigs and the old leaves are thrown down. We also need, now and again, to be thoroughly shaken. Even if He sends the “North wind” as in the form of human beings, we need not be terrified. They come to us as from the hand of a wise, loving Father for our good.
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