God has created me to do some definite service. Some work
has been entrusted to me which has not been given another.
I have my
mission – I may never know it in this life but I shall be told it in the next …
I have a part in a great work.
I am a link in a chain, a bond of connexion between
persons.
He has not
created me for naught. I shall love as
Christ has loved. 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 do but keep His commandments and serve Him in my calling.
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.
My sickness or perplexity or sorrow may be necessary
causes of some great end, which is quite beyond me. He does nothing in vain. He may prolong my life. He may shorten it. He knows what He is
about.
My friends may be taken from me. I may be thrown among strangers. I may feel desolate. My spirits may sink. The future may be hidden from me. Still He knows what He is about.
John Henry
Newman
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