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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Mar 2, 1916

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 93, No. 11.

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Laborers Together

By Martha E. Warner

MARTHA E. WARNER
It seems to me that 1 Cor. 3:9 was written especially for the consolation of mothers. “For we are laborers together with God.” It means something to be a laborer together with God. He would never call us to this partnership, and then shirk his share of the responsibility, refusing to give strength for our needs, to answer our calls for help, to take anything we have begun in his name, and finish it when we have done our best. We may rest assured that in this he will never fail us. To have done our part to the best of our ability means to have God finish the work.
What is my share, do you ask? It seems to me our share is willingness,—willingness to be taught of God, to take his Word just as it reads, to be controlled by it, and to remember that God will do his part if we will give him a chance.
One mother said to me, “I lie awake nights, the burden is so heavy.” “We pray—and then worry! God says, ‘Be not anxious,’ but too often we act as if we thought he made a mistake when he said that. Does he ask you to worry? Is he pleased when you are impatient?—No; he desires that you shall learn to trust him, to spend more time on your knees, and to pray, pray, pray. Then the peace of God will fill your soul, even though the tears are streaming down your face.
* Clintonville, Conn.