Don’t Be Afraid

The one thing we owe to our Lord is never to be afraid. To be afraid is doubly an injury to him. First, it means that we forget him; we forget he is with us and is all powerful. Second, it means that we are not conformed to his will; for since all that happens is willed or permitted by him, we ought to rejoice in all that happens to us and feel neither anxiety or fear. Let us then have the faith that banishes fear.

–Charles de Foucauld, Meditations of a Hermit

I’m not there yet, especially with that rejoice in all circumstances thingy.

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