July 7

FRATERNITY is serving God with determination

Turn back and serve God with ten times more determination. ~ Baruch 4:28

Jane Goodall is an expert on wildlife and conservation. She has lectured at Yale University and written for the New York Times. In a moment of candor, she confessed:
"When I left home and faced the realities of the world, I put my thoughts of God in cold storage for a while, because I couldn't reconcile what 1 believed, deep inside, with what was going on around me. But that early period when God was as real as the wind... left me an inner peace, which as I grew older, swelled - until, perforce, I had to open my mind to God again." ~ Mark Link, S.J.

Do you trust that God has a wonderful plan for your life or do you feel somewhat dubious? How does He communicate his plans for you - are they always clear, sometimes clear or never clear? What role does Scripture, counsel, hunches, prayer and circumstances play?

 With peace in the soul,
we can face the very worst experience.
Without peace in the soul,
we can't even face the simple task of writing a letter.

~ adapted from an anonymous British psychiatrist

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