My son, I am the Lord; no strength like his in the hour of distress. When things are not going well with you, come to me. The chief hindrance to your receiving heavenly comfort is your slowness in turning to prayer; you do not come to me straightway and pray to me earnestly, but first you go seeking other things to comfort you, trying to find diversion in created things. All these things, as it happens, do little to help you; it is then that you remember that I am the deliverer of all who put their hope in me; that apart from me there is no help that can do much, no counsel that can be taken with profit, no remedy whose effects can last. But now, when the storm is over and you can breathe freely again, recruit your strength in the light of my mercies; for I am neat, I the Lord, to restore all things not only to their former perfection, but to pile them high and make them overflow with added graces.
~Thomas a Kempis
Even in the worst of our pain, good will come out of it. God always restores greater than that which you lost and He has something in store for us which is greater than we can even imagine (e.g. Book of Job).
I needed to hear this. Thank you for posting.
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