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Jesus Cares, July 4
Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.
1 Peter 5:7
.
I point you to the only sure and unfailing protection. Ask God for Christ’s
sake to watch over and bless you and your dear children. He will do it; sure
is the promise. God, your heavenly Father, will be your husband at hand to
counsel, to direct and comfort as you need. Oh! ever seek for help in the
Mighty One; His outstretched arm will save.
Trying as your case may be, do not yield to despondency. Guard yourself
here. Your heart may ache near to breaking, but trust on, hope on. “For he
doth not afflict willingly nor grieve the children of men” (
Lamentations 3:33
).
Never allow yourself to mourn. Be hopeful, be ever cheerful in God, and
brighter morning will yet arrive.
Patient continuance in welldoing will lead you through this world of
sorrow and strife to glory and honor and eternal life. Have God within and
God overhead and you have nothing to fear. The Bible is a light to those who
are in darkness. In the prospect of a blissful immortality held out to those
who endure unto the end, you will find an elevating power, a strength which
you need to resist evil. Be steadfast in the hour of trial, and you will gain at
last a crown which will never fade away.
You need guidance from above. Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and
He will never betray your trust. If you will ask help of God you need not
ask in vain. In order to encourage us to have confidence and trust He comes
near us by His holy Word and Spirit, and seeks in a thousand ways to win our
confidence. But in nothing does He take more delight than in receiving the
weak who come to Him for strength. If we will find heart and voice to pray,
He will be sure to find an ear to hear and an arm to save.
There is not a single instance in which God has hidden His face from
the supplication of His people. When every other resource failed He was a
present help in every emergency. God bless you, poor, stricken, wounded
soul. Cling to His hand; hold fast. He will take you, your children, and all
your griefs and burdens if you will only cast them all upon Him.—
Letter 42,
July 4, 1875
, to a sister who had recently lost her husband.
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