"When trouble, restless fears, anxious fretfulness strive to
overpower the soul, our safety is in saying, 'My God, I believe in Your
perfect goodness and wisdom and mercy. What You are doing I cannot now
understand, but I shall one day see it all plainly. Meanwhile I accept
Your will, whatever it may be, unquestioning, without reserve.'
There would be no restless disturbance, no sense of utter discomfort and discomposure in our souls, if we were quite free from any -- it may be almost unconscious -- opposition to God's will. But we do struggle against it, we do resist; and so long as that resistance endures we cannot be at peace. Peace, and even joy, are quite compatible with a great deal of pain -- even mental pain -- but never with a condition of antagonism or resistance."
Henrietta Louisa Sidney Lear
There would be no restless disturbance, no sense of utter discomfort and discomposure in our souls, if we were quite free from any -- it may be almost unconscious -- opposition to God's will. But we do struggle against it, we do resist; and so long as that resistance endures we cannot be at peace. Peace, and even joy, are quite compatible with a great deal of pain -- even mental pain -- but never with a condition of antagonism or resistance."
Henrietta Louisa Sidney Lear
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