DEVOTION MAY, 6 TH 2010

IN 1826 , THE BRITISH AUTHOR THOMAS CARLYLE MARRIED JANE WELSH , WHO WAS AN ACCOMPLISHED WRITER AS WELL. SHE DECIATED HERSELF TO HIS SUCCESS AND SERVED HIM WHOLE HEARTLY. BECAUSE OF A STOMACH AND NEROUS DISORDER CAUSED HIM TO HAVE A RATHER BAD TEMPERMENT . SO SHE MADE SPECIAL MEALS FOR HIM AND TIRED TO KEEP HOUSE AS TO MAKE HIM FEEL THINGS WERE IN ORDER , WHILE HE WROTE. THOMAS DIDN'T OFTEN RECOGNIZE JANE'S HELP AND GOOD SPIRIT , NOR DID HE SPEND MUCH TIME CONSIDERING HER. HOW EVER , HE WROTE THIS ABOUT HER TO HIS MOTHER : " I MAY SAY IN MY HEART THAT...L......OVES ME WITH A DEVOTEDNESS WHICH IS A MYSTERY TO ME HOW I HAVE EVER DESERVED. ........SHE LOOKS WITH SUCH SOFT CHEERFULNESS INTO MY GLOOMY COUNTENANCE , THAT NEW HOPE PASSED INTO ME EVERY TIME I MET HER EYE ."WE TWO HAVE SOMEONE WHO LOVES US AS WITH A DEVOTEDNESS THAT IS A MYSTERY HOW WE AS FLAWED PEOPLE EVER DESERVE IT ! HE IS OUR FATHER GOD . HIS LOVE IS WIDE , LONG DEEP , AND HIGH AND EXCEEDS OUR KNOWLEDGE .