Why Am I Anxious and Worried All the Time
The following quotation from Francois Fenelon is perfectly accurate. Years ago when I was young, I would have liked this passage in a hopeful idealistic sort of way. It would have sounded right and something I wished were true.
But now, after having made friends with conscience and learned to meditate to be still, I see that it is true. There is an inner silent testimony that quietly bears witness to the words. It is that silent witness, God's intuitive light within, that is the true comfort. Because it means that God is there and His inner Light is a guide, a comfort, and a present help in time of trouble.
The crosses of the present moment always bring their own special grace and
consequent comfort with them; we see the hand of God in them when it is
laid upon us. But the crosses of anxious foreboding are seen out of the
dispensation of God; we see them without grace to bear them; we see them
indeed through a faithless spirit which banishes grace. So, everything in
them is bitter and unendurable; all seems dark and helpless. Let us throw
self aside; no more self-interest, and then God's will, unfolding every
moment in everything, will console us also every moment for all that He
shall do around us, or within us, for our discipline.
FRANCOIS DE LA MOTHE FENELON.
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But now, after having made friends with conscience and learned to meditate to be still, I see that it is true. There is an inner silent testimony that quietly bears witness to the words. It is that silent witness, God's intuitive light within, that is the true comfort. Because it means that God is there and His inner Light is a guide, a comfort, and a present help in time of trouble.
The crosses of the present moment always bring their own special grace and
consequent comfort with them; we see the hand of God in them when it is
laid upon us. But the crosses of anxious foreboding are seen out of the
dispensation of God; we see them without grace to bear them; we see them
indeed through a faithless spirit which banishes grace. So, everything in
them is bitter and unendurable; all seems dark and helpless. Let us throw
self aside; no more self-interest, and then God's will, unfolding every
moment in everything, will console us also every moment for all that He
shall do around us, or within us, for our discipline.
FRANCOIS DE LA MOTHE FENELON.
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