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 may never know it in this life, but I shall be told it in the
next.
I am a link in a 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 but keep His commandments.
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 Him...
He does nothing in
vain; He may prolong my life, he may shorten it; He knows what He is
about. He may take away my friends, He may throw me among strangers; He
may make me feel desolate, make my spirits sink, hide the future from me
---still,
He knows what He is
about.
Cardinal John Newman
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