The Silence | Page 8

I
have dreamed, visions that I have visualized, and the goal that I have
mapped out, are all a part of my ultimate greater success. I have that
now! I am successful now!

As Moses went into the land of Midian, and spent forty years of his life
as a shepherd in the wilderness--(apparently with no future before
him--which, however, was the great schooling necessary for his greater
triumphant success in the future)--so I may be, in my land of Midian,
apparently, only a sheep herder, but in reality getting the necessary
training for my greater and ultimate success.
Therefore, I now rejoice in every experience I have--giving thanks for
every apparent set back, and for every "seeming" blocking of my
purposes and aspirations.
I believe that my past experiences, as well as present happenings, are
for my benefit, and that I could not have been the great success I am,
and shall be, had not the discouragements of yesterday, the perplexities
of today and the drawbacks of tomorrow come into my life. I realize
that I need to go into the land of Midian; that it is as necessary for me,
as it was for Moses, to spend a few years in the wilderness of Life's
experience. I am happy to know that I am in such company as that of
the Great Leader of his people, and rejoice in the thought that the Lord
has called me to spend my time in the land of Midian, getting the
necessary training for the greater things the Lord has in store for me.
There is no place in the world where clouds do not gather, and storms
do not rage; but when the storms abate, and the skies clear, then do we
appreciate more fully the glories and beauties of God, the Universe and
its natural laws, and Infinite Love.
However, I know by experience in the land of Midian, where clouds
hover low, and where storms try the soul and body, that the dawn of a
new day shall make life all the sweeter for me and mine.
Moses could not have enjoyed leading his people into the promised
land, had he not been in the land of Midian. If he had stayed forever in
the Court of Pharaoh, with its attendant luxuries, life would have taken
on a dull, monotonous hue, and his experience would have seemed drab,
wearisome and pale.
I am glad for the privilege accorded me to be in the land of Midian for

a short time! I know that, as did Moses, I shall enjoy my promised land
all the more when my greater success shall have been well worked out
by the hand of Divinity.
Faith and conviction in my ultimate greater success is stronger today
than ever! I hold such a strong thought, and such a deep and
courageous faith in the workings of God's plan, that I know I now have
that which has been intended for me, and nothing can take from me that
which the Lord hath prepared for my success, health and happiness. I
know, too, that I shall learn daily to enjoy, appreciate, and make better
use of the success I now possess; that I shall unfold day by day into
greater opportunities for more influence, power, friendship, charity,
love, comradeship and service. I know that my present success is but a
part of the greater success which the Lord has waiting for me--"just
around the corner".
Therefore, I shall offer up prayers of thanksgiving and gratitude; I shall
work harder, being more particular in the preparation for my greater
work, than I have been in the past--never doubting but that every
moment spent in this greater preparation will bring added interests, and
a greater success in the future.
Even as Moses did not doubt the wisdom of the Lord for a greater
future (when in the land of Midian for forty years), so shall I not doubt
His ways today.
I claim, with a joyful heart and an attitude of thanksgiving, that my life
could not have been as great in the future had I been denied my present
experience. I know that greater things are in store for me, because
God's thoughts are greater than my thoughts; because He is giving me
that training now, in my land of Midian, which I most need. I trust the
guiding Spirit of Infinite Love to lead me, at the right time, into my
life's Promised Land.
The success today, in my land of Midian, is attracting unto me the
greater influence and power in my Court of Pharaoh, and in my
leadership, as I lead others into that promised land which the Lord has
prepared for me and mine.

I smile--I sing--I rejoice, and offer thanksgiving and gratitude for my