The Diary of an Old Soul

Daily Readings by George MacDonald (1824 - 1905)

October 5

Thou workest perfectly. And if it seem

Some things are not so well, 'tis but because

They are too loving-deep, too lofty-wise,

For me, poor child, to understand their laws:

My highest wisdom half is but a dream;

My love runs helpless like a falling stream:

Thy good embraces ill, and lo! its illness dies!