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He Careth for You

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Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Jun 30, 1874

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 44, No. 3.

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He Careth for You.

By Mary Myrtle

“Casting all your care upon Him; for he careth for you.”
These words have been very precious to me of late, while passing through a peculiar season of great trial and affliction; and in those dark hours of bitter sorrow, when every earthly prop had failed, and everything seemed so dark and dreary, these words have often had a soothing power, and they have sometimes come to me with such force that it has seemed as if some kind angel had whispered them to me to revive my drooping faith and courage, and I have felt reproved for my lack of faith. He that numbers even the very hairs of our head will not forget his suffering children, and he will not forsake them in the hour of affliction, but in his own good time he will deliver. He knows so much better than we do ourselves what is for our good.
Even the trials and afflictions, which to us seem so mysterious, may be a proof of our kind Father’s love. We must be purified from the sins which shut Jesus out of our hearts, and these trials, and afflictions, and temptations may be just what is needed to purify us, and to wean our affections from this vain world. If we murmur and complain, we make the cup more bitter, and show our lack of faith in God and his promises. Jesus wants us to trust in him in these hours of trial, to cast all our care upon him, believing that he careth for us, and that he will do all things well. If we trust in the Lord as we should, we shall find that in these hours of trial we shall have the presence of Jesus with us, and we will feel his saving power.
Oh! ye tempted, tried, and weary ones, be not discouraged. Jesus cares for you, and, though he may suffer the fires of affliction to be kindled, yet he is watching that nothing but the dross shall be consumed, and he will bring you safely through, if you only trust in him. We must all be tested, and our faith, must be tried, and Jesus knows just what trials we need to purify us, and we shall have no more than will be necessary to purify us, and fit us for a place in those mansions, which Jesus has gone to prepare for us.
MARY MYRTLE.