To step out of self-life into Christ –life; to lie still, and let Him lift you out of it; to fold your hands close, and guide your face on the hem of His garment; to let Him lay His cooling, soothing healing hands upon your soul, and draw all the hurry and fever from its veins; to realize that you are not a mighty messenger, an important worker of His, full of care and responsibility, but only a little child, with a father’s gentle bidding to heed and fulfill; to lay your busy plans and ambitions confidently in His hands, as a child brings its broken toys at its mother’s call; to serve Him by waiting; to praise Him by saying, Holy, Holy, Holy”; to cease to hurry, so you may not lose sight of His face; to learn to follow Him, and not to run ahead of orders! To cease to live in self and for self, and to live in Him and for Him; to love His honor more than your own; to be a clear medium for his life-tide to shine and glow through.  This is consecration, this is rest.  –Lettie Cowman, from Springs in the Valley