Forgotten Truths To Set Faith Afire!

(Image Source) God has created me to do Him some definite service; He has committed some work to me, which He has not committed to another.   I have my mission – I never may know it in this life, but I should be told it in the next.   Somehow, I am necessary for His purposes, as necessary in my place as an Archangel in his – if, indeed, I fail, He can raise another, as He could make the stones children of Abraham.   Yet, I have a part in this great work; I am a link in the chain, a bond of connection between persons. He has not created me for naught.   I shall do good, I shall do His work; I shall be an angel of peace, a preacher of truth in my own place, while not intending it, 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 may serve Him; in perplexity, my perplexity may serve Him; if I am in sorrow, my sorrow may serve...

(Image Source: Wikimedia Commons ) Let me show you a good way to ask for happiness, even in this world.   It is a way that will oblige God to listen to you.   Say to Him earnestly: either give me so much money that my heart will be satisfied, or inspire me with such contempt for it that I no longer want it.   Either free me from poverty, or make it so pleasant for me that I would not exchange it for all the wealth in the world.   Either take away my suffering, or – which would be to Your greater glory – change it into delight for me, and instead of causing me affliction, let it become a source of joy.   You can take away the burden of my cross, or You can leave it with me without my feeling its weight.   You can extinguish the fire that burns me, or You can let it burn in such a way that it refreshes me as it did the three youths in the fiery furnace.   I ask for either one thing or the other.   What does it matter in what way I am happ...