GOD THOUGHTS: friends

Wednesday, April 6, 2011

To a friend in need...

You are as much My child as Christ. He, too, had to suffer. It is not from Me, but from the silenced and shrouded hearts of Man that evil arises. You are My only resistance, and My gratitude is endless. I will repay your work in endless ways -- but never in ways that will take you from your work.

You may try to be strong... but even at your strongest, you are infinitely fragile to Me. I did not make you to be powerful, but to be weak. It is your nature. Do not despise it. Your strength and only strength lies in surrender.

Because you let me, I will always protect you.

TRUTH

"We are all pilgrims together, wending through unknown country, home."
~ Fra Giovanni Giocondo

"Don't let anyone look down on you because you are young, but set an example for the believers in speech, in life, in love, in faith and in purity."

~ Timothy 4:12

"If then your whole body is flooded with light, and no corner of it is darkness, it will be completely illuminated as when a lamp's rays engulf you."
~ Luke 11:36

"Perfection consists in doing His will, in being what He wants us to be.... Later, when perfection made its appearance to me, I understood that in order to become a Saint you have to suffer a lot, always be in search of what is the most perfect, and forget yourself."
~ St. Therese of Lisieux

"Words have the power to both destroy and heal. When words are both true and kind, they can change our world."
~ The Buddha

"Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that is may benefit those who listen."

~ Ephesians 4:29

"Religion should unite all hearts and cause wars and disputes to vanish from the face of the earth; it should give birth to spirituality, and bring light and life to every soul."
~ Bahá’u’lláh