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\u201cWell done, thou good and faithful servant \u2026 These words are whispered in the ears of many whom the world would pass by unrecognizing.\u00a0 Not to the great, and the world-famed, are these words said so often, but to the quiet followers who serve Me unobtrusively, yet faithfully, who bear their cross bravely, with a smiling face to the world.\u00a0 Thank Me for the quiet lives.<\/p>\n These words speak not only of the passing into that fuller Spirit Life.\u00a0 Duty faithfully done for Me does mean entrance into a Life of Joy \u2013 My Joy, the Joy of your Lord.\u00a0 The world may never see it, the humble, patient, quiet service, but I see it, and My reward is not earth\u2019s fame, earth\u2019s wealth, earth\u2019s pleasures, but the Joy Divine.<\/p>\n Whether here, or there, in the earth-world, or in the spirit-world, this is My reward. Joy.\u00a0 The Joy that carries an exquisite thrill in the midst of pain and poverty and suffering.\u00a0 That Joy of which I said no man could take it from you.\u00a0 Earth has no pleasure, no reward, that can give man that<\/i> Joy.\u00a0 It is known only to My lovers and My friends.<\/p>\n This Joy may come, not as the reward of activity in My service.\u00a0 It may be the reward of patient suffering, bravely borne.<\/p>\n Suffering, borne with Me, must in time bring Joy, as does all real contact with Me.\u00a0 So live with Me in that Kingdom of Joy , My Kingdom, the Gateway into which may be service<\/i>, it may be suffering. <\/i><\/p>\n Therefore with joy shall ye draw November 17 \u2013 Quiet Lives \u201cWell done, thou good and faithful servant \u2026 enter into the joy of thy Lord.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Matthew 25:21 These words are whispered in the ears of many whom the world would pass by unrecognizing.\u00a0 Not to the great, and the world-famed, are these words said so often, but to the quiet … Continue reading November 17 – Quiet Lives<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6302","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-godcalling"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.twolisteners.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6302","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.twolisteners.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.twolisteners.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.twolisteners.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.twolisteners.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6302"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.twolisteners.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6302\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.twolisteners.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6302"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.twolisteners.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6302"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.twolisteners.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6302"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nenter into the joy of thy Lord.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Matthew 25:21<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n
\nwater out of the wells of salvation.
\nIsaiah 12:3<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"