"He has not created me for nothing.
I shall do good, I shall do his work, I shall be an angel of peace, a preacher of the truth in my own place-- if I do but keep his commandments and serve him in my calling.
Therefore, I will trust Him.
Whatever, wherever I am, I can never be thrown away.
If I am in sickness, my sickness will serve him;
if I am in sorrow, my sorrow may serve him.
He does nothing in vain.
He knows what he is about.
He may take away my friends.
He may throw me among strangers.
He may make me feel desolate, make my spirits sink, hide my future from me-
still He knows what he is about-
and I trust Him."
John Henry Newman
I was searching for words for a friend last night and this popped up again after having copied it out many years ago. Admittedly, I could not imagine at the time all the ways He would take me up on the whole sickness-sorrow-strangers-spirits part.
And may yet.
He still knows what He is doing. Even if I don't.
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