The
Twelfth Chapter
IT
IS good for us to have trials and troubles at times, for they
often remind us that we are on
probation and ought not to hope in any worldly thing. It
is good for us sometimes to suffer
contradiction, to be misjudged by men even though we do well
and mean well. These things help
us to be humble and shield us from vainglory. When to all
outward appearances men give us no
credit, when they do not think well of us, then we are more
inclined to seek God Who sees our
hearts. Therefore, a man ought to root himself so firmly
in God that he will not need the consolations
of men.
When
a man of good will is afflicted, tempted, and tormented by
evil thoughts, he realizes
clearly that his greatest need is God, without Whom he can
do no good. Saddened by his miseries
and sufferings, he laments and prays. He wearies of living
longer and wishes for death that he might
be dissolved and be with Christ. Then he understands fully
that perfect security and complete peace
cannot be found on earth.
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