Be Quiet, Soul
November 26.
Behold, I am with thee,
and will keep thee
in all places whither thou goest.
GENESIS 28, verse 15.
Be quiet, soul:
Why shouldst thou care and sadness borrow,
Why sit in nameless fear and sorrow,
The livelong day?
God will mark out thy path to-morrow
In His best way.
ANONYMOUS.
I had hoped, Madame, to find you here,
and was rejoicing in that hope; but God
has sent you elsewhere. The best place
is wherever He puts us, and any other
would be undesirable, all the worse
because it would please our fancy, and
would be of our own choice. Do not think
about distant events. This uneasiness
about the future is unwholesome for you.
We must leave to God all that depends on
Him, and think only of being faithful in all
that depends upon ourselves. When God
takes away that which He has given you,
He knows well how to replace it, either
through other means or by Himself.
FRANCOIS DE LA MOTHE FENELON.
Behold, I am with thee,
and will keep thee
in all places whither thou goest.
GENESIS 28, verse 15.
Be quiet, soul:
Why shouldst thou care and sadness borrow,
Why sit in nameless fear and sorrow,
The livelong day?
God will mark out thy path to-morrow
In His best way.
ANONYMOUS.
I had hoped, Madame, to find you here,
and was rejoicing in that hope; but God
has sent you elsewhere. The best place
is wherever He puts us, and any other
would be undesirable, all the worse
because it would please our fancy, and
would be of our own choice. Do not think
about distant events. This uneasiness
about the future is unwholesome for you.
We must leave to God all that depends on
Him, and think only of being faithful in all
that depends upon ourselves. When God
takes away that which He has given you,
He knows well how to replace it, either
through other means or by Himself.
FRANCOIS DE LA MOTHE FENELON.