There's a homely, old-fashioned warning: "You've bitten off more than you can chew!" Those words came back to me on a day when I felt especially driven, uneasy, and stressed by the thought of all the undone work that confronted me.
I have been delivered intactfrom many a fiery furnace—some hotter than others—thanking and praisinglong after deliveranceLove the deliverer,who then gently reminded methat pure gratitudecontains no slightest beliefthat there ever was smell of smokemingled with the sweet fragranceof Love's all-presence.
"Thus saith the Lord, Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might, let not the rich man glory in his riches: but let him that glorieth glory in this, that he understandeth and knoweth me, that I am the Lord".
Several years ago, while engaged as a housekeeper in a busy establishment, I became aware, two weeks before Christmas, that I was evidencing symptoms of shingles.
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