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| (Source: From Empty Hands) |
But there are many other great books he left us, worthy of
our time and reflection. One of them is “Finding
God’s Will for You.”
Since suffering is an inescapable
part of our human condition – one which we have difficulty embracing - I
thought, on this feast day of St Francis, that I would share the following brief
excerpt from that Finding God’s Will for You
in hopes that it would lead to fruitful contemplation on this great mystery of
our Faith:.
“…Job reflects
that it is from God's hand that he received those good things,- thus testifying
that he loved those goods not so much because they were good as because they
had come from the hand of the Lord. Since this is so, he concludes that he must
lovingly bear up under adversities because they come from the same-hand of the
Lord, which is equally kind when it apportions affliction, and when it gives
out consolations. Good things are willingly accepted by all men, but to accept
evils belongs only to perfect love. Because evils are lovable only in respect
to the hand that gives them, perfect love has -so much the greater love for
them.”
(From Finding God’s Will for You)
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