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Childlike Faith, October 28
Except ye be converted, and become as little children, ye shall not enter
into the kingdom of heaven.
Matthew 18:3
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Jesus is your best Friend. Live by daily faith on the Son of God. Let your
course of action be such that God can approve. Then you will be a blessing to
others.... Do not outgrow the simple faith and trust of your childhood. When
sick, your first request was, “Father, Mother, pray that the Lord will heal me
and forgive my sins.” When prayer was offered in your behalf, you made your
simple prayer and thanked the Lord He had heard and answered, and with
perfect faith and confidence you said, “I shall get well. The Lord has blessed
me.” You slept in perfect peace, in confidence that holy angels would guard
your bed.
Be a child again. Cast all your burdens and sorrows on Him who alone
can give rest to the weary heart and peace to the troubled soul. If you would
learn anew the precious secret of happiness in this life and how you may
attain the future, immortal life, be assured you must again be a child in trust,
in obedience, in love. If you only do your duty bravely, yet cheerfully, as a
happy child of God, you will reflect rays of sunshine upon others.
I charge you as one who knows, look up to God with the simple faith you
had in your childhood and say, “Father, I am weary, give me rest. Unite my
ignorance to Thy wisdom, my weakness to Thy strength, my frailty to Thy
enduring might. Shield me with Thy protecting hand in life’s conflicts. Save
me from the vigilant foe who haunts my steps.” Then believe, my son, and
you will realize even more than you expected.
Our only safety now is to live a life of faith and good works. Your heavenly
Father knows your every trial. He is acquainted with all your infirmities. He
will be to you an ever present help in time of need and He will withhold no
good thing from them that fear and love Him. The fear of the Lord is the
beginning of wisdom. Our compassionate Saviour will never be indifferent to
any pain or sorrow or grief His children suffer....
All that you lose and all that you gain, prosperity and adversity, let it make
you more like Jesus, the divine Pattern. Your happiness will be secured in
preserving your childlike trust, cherishing always the beauty and loveliness
of a meek and quiet spirit.—
Letter 56, October 28, 1874
, to Edson White.
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