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The Ministry of Health and Healing
If in our ignorance we make missteps, the Savior does not forsake
us. We need never feel that we are alone. Angels are our companions.
The Comforter that Christ promised to send in His name abides with
us. In the way that leads to the City of God, there are no difficulties
that those who trust in Him may not overcome. There are no dangers
that they may not escape. There is not a sorrow, not a grievance, not
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a human weakness, for which He has not provided a remedy.
None need abandon themselves to discouragement and despair.
Satan may come to you with the cruel suggestion, “Yours is a hope-
less case. You are irredeemable.” But there is hope for you in Christ.
God does not tell us to overcome in our own strength. He asks us to
come close to His side. Whatever may be the difficulties that weigh
down soul and body, He waits to set us free.
He who took humanity upon Himself knows how to sympathize
with the sufferings of humanity. Not only does Christ know every
soul and the peculiar needs and trials of that soul, He knows all
the circumstances that chafe and perplex the spirit. His hand is
outstretched in pitying tenderness to every suffering mortal. Those
who suffer most have most of His sympathy and pity. He is touched
with the feeling of our infirmities, and He desires us not only to lay
our perplexities and troubles at His feet but to leave them there.
It is not wise to look to ourselves and study our emotions. Should
we do this, the enemy will present difficulties and temptations that
weaken faith and destroy courage. If we study closely our emotions
and give way to our feelings, we shall entertain doubt and entangle
ourselves in perplexity. We are to look away from self to Jesus.
When temptations assail you, when care, perplexity, and dark-
ness seem to surround your soul, look to the place where you last
saw the light. Rest in Christ’s love and under His protecting care.
When sin struggles for mastery of your heart, when guilt oppresses
the soul and burdens the conscience, when unbelief clouds the mind,
remember that Christ’s grace is sufficient to subdue sin and banish
the darkness. Entering into communion with the Savior, you enter
the region of peace.