ECCLESIASTICUS 43:29-33
Awesome is the Lord and very great,
and marvellous is his power.
Glorify the Lord and exalt him as much as you can,
for he surpasses even that.
When you exalt him, summon all your strength,
and do not grow weary, for you cannot praise him enough.
Do not get so caught up in negative emotions each time you are faced with a trial or difficulty that you forget what it means to be a child of God and heir to the Kingdom of Heaven. Trials troubles, sickness, and everything else that causes you to lose your peace and serenity and makes you unhappy and discontented are real obstacles to faith. Do not turn your gaze inward on yourself rather look upward to Me, the God of all consolation and love. Remember all things without except work for good for those who love God. All your past experiences of Me must increase your faith because you know that I have never left you, I have never forsaken you and I never will. As long as you are in the world ---- mine, you will face trials of every kind, and each time you must meet these challenges with joyful praise and expectant faith, confident that the God of all consolation will come to you and comfort you until the trial has passed. In this world you cannot expect to be truly happy for true happiness will only be yours in the life that is to come united with God and with the angels and saints in heaven. Be of good cheer, ---- my own, I have triumphed over the world and My victory is yours as well.
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