de Sales: wait patiently

Friday, January 24, 2014
    Feast of François de Sales, Bishop of Geneva, Teacher, 1622
Meditation:
    For we who are alive are always being given over to death for Jesus’ sake, so that his life may be revealed in our mortal body.
    —2 Corinthians 4:11 (NIV)
Quotation:
    If any trouble comes upon you, use the remedies with which God supplies you. Not to do this is to tempt Him; but having done so, wait whatever result He wills with perfect resignation. If He pleases to let the evil be remedied, thank Him humbly; but if it be His will that the evil grow greater than the remedies, patiently bless His Holy Name.
    ... François de Sales (1567-1622), Introduction to the Devout Life [1609], London: Rivingtons, 1876, p. 138 (see the book)
    See also 2 Cor. 4:8-11; Job 1:21; Ps. 25:16-19; 66:11-12; 119:75; Lam. 3:32; Amos 3:6; John 9:1-3; Rom. 5:3-4; 2 Cor. 12:7-9; 1 Thess. 3:2-3; Jas. 1:2-3; 5:13-14
Quiet time reflection:
    Lord, grant me patience in infirmity. CQOD    Blog    email    RSS
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