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Today's Devotional

And those who know your name put their trust in you. Psalm 9:10 ESV.

The name always stands for character. They that know God will put their trust in Him. This is most natural. You do not put your trust in one whom you do not know; and the great trouble is that so few know God. They have heard much about Him, but when the strain comes, then the hold is so slight, the acquaintance so superficial, that there is no reality, and so God is nothing to many people in trouble. We must know God, if He is to be anything to us when we most need Him. O, how we need someone whom we can fully trust in the great emergencies of life and death! Let us make a business of believing, and we shall know God.

About the author and the source

Margaret McDonald Bottome (1827–1906), was an American religious organizer, founder of the King’s Daughters which, after the admission of men and a change of name, boasted half a million members in Canada and the United States within twenty years. She wrote a column in the Ladies’ Home Journal for members. She wrote several books, including her devotional Crumbs from the King’s Table.