I love this quote! It reminds me of A.W. Tozer's "The Saint Must Walk Alone"

It's such a wonderful thing to walk with Jesus through the garden of our soul. Praise God! There is nothing in the world that can ever compare. It's a hidden paradise here on earth that God has given us and I thank Him for it daily even through the valley of the shadow of death.



(J. R. Miller, "The Hidden Life" 1895)

"Man looks at the outward appearance, but
the Lord looks at the heart!" 1 Samuel 16:7

Those who are striving to live near the heart of
Christ, must realize that it is the hidden life
which makes the character.

What we are in the depths of our being, where
no human eye can penetrate—that we are actually,
as God sees us. This inner life will ultimately work
its way through to the surface—transforming the
character into its own quality.

Nothing can be more important, therefore, than
that the hidden life be true, pure, beautiful, and
Christ-like.

"Man looks at the outward appearance, but
the Lord looks at the heart!" 1 Samuel 16:7