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Making Friends with Trials

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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Jun 2, 1910

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 87, No. 22.

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Making Friends with Trials

Accept God’s will entirely, and never suppose that you could serve him better in any other way. You can never serve him well, save in the way he chooses. Suppose that you were never to be set free from such trials, what would you do? You would say to God, “I am thine; if my trials are acceptable to thee, give me more and more.” I have full confidence that this is what you would say, and then you would not think more of it; you would not be anxious. Well, do the same now. Make friends with your trials, as if you were always to live together; and you will see that when you cease to take thought for your own deliverance, God will take thought for you; when you cease to help yourself eagerly, he will help you.—Francis de Sales.