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Tuesday, October 19, 2021
de Sales: where our troubles come from
Feast of Henry Martyn, Translator of the Scriptures, Missionary in India & Persia, 1812
Meditation:
It was good for me to be afflictedso that I might learn your decrees.The law from your mouth is more precious to methan thousands of pieces of silver and gold.—Psalm 119:71-72 (NIV)
Quotation:
Look well whence the trial comes, for we are often ourselves the cause of our own dryness and barrenness. A mother refuses sugar to her sickly child, and so God deprives us of consolations when they do but feed self-complacency or presumption.... François de Sales (1567-1622), Introduction to the Devout Life [1609], London: Rivingtons, 1876, IV.xiv, p. 333
(see the book)See also Ps. 119:67,71-72; 1 Cor. 10:13; Jas. 1:12; 1 Pet. 1:6
Quiet time reflection:Lord, help me to persevere in the trials ahead.
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