| The Golden Gate of Prayer |
Chapter 1 |
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Would it not be better always in things of earthly interest to leave to God the decision, letting him choose what it is best to do for us or to give to us? We are not in this world to have ease and pleasure, to succeed in business, to do certain things — we are here to grow into strength and beauty of life and character, to accomplish the will of God and to have that will wrought out in our own life. Ofttimes the parent must be sacrificed for the future, the earthly given up to gain the heavenly, pain endured for the sake of spiritual refining and enriching. If we are willing to let God choose for us and to accept what he gives, we shall never fail to receive the best — perhaps not what earth would call the best, but always God’s best. We know not what to pray for as we ought, and we would better leave it to God.
The truest prayer is ofttimes that in which we creep into the bosom of God and rest there in silence. We do not know what to ask, and we dare not say even a word, least it might be the wrong word, hence we simply wail before God in quietness and confidence. We know that what is best our Father will do, and we trust him to do what he will.
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