He says, 'Do not blame yourself too much, thinking
that your trouble and distress is all your fault. For it
is not my will that you should be unduly sad and
despondent.' Our enemy tries to depress us by false
fears which he proposes. His intentions is to make us so
weary and dejected, that we let the blessed sight of our
everlasting friend slip from our minds.
It is a beautiful humility - brought about by the
grace and mercy of the Holy Spirit - when a sinful soul
willingly and gladly accepts the chastisement our Lord
himself would give us. It will seem light and easy, if
only we will accept contentedly what he calls us to
bear. |