It is I',

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"Take courage! It is I. Don't be afraid." Mark 6:50

It is I who formed you in the womb, and brought you 
forth into your present existence. It is I, the Lord your 
God, who has fed you, and clothed you from that hour 
up to the present moment. It is I, the Lord your God, 
who has preserved you on every side. When you were 
upon a sick bed, it was I, the Lord your God, who 
visited your soul, raised up your body, and gave you 
that measure of health which you do now enjoy. It is 
I, the Lord your God, who placed you in the situation 
of life which you do now occupy. 

It is I, the Lord your God . . .
who deals out to you every trial,
who allots you every affliction,
who brings upon you every cross,
who works in you everything according 
to My own good pleasure.

When we can thus believe that the Lord our God is 
about our bed and our path, and spying out all our 
ways; when we can look up to Him, and feel that 
He is the Lord our God, there is no feeling . . .
more sweet, 
more blessed, 
more heavenly!

"Take courage! It is I. Don't be afraid." Mark 6:50