Tuesday, November 06, 2007

Starting to get the message...

Hmmm...

So, I get these random quotes from Quoteland.com that come directly to my email inbox. That is the background for this.

This is the quote I got yesterday evening:
You must realize that it is the ordinary way of God's dealings with us that our ideas do not work out speedily and efficiently as we would like them to. The reason for this is not only the loving wisdom of God, but also the fact that our acts have to fit into a great complex pattern that we cannot possibly understand. I have learned over the years that Providence is always a whole lot wiser than any of us, and that there are always not only good reasons, but the very best reasons for the delays and blocks that often seem to us so frustrating and absurd.

--Thomas Merton, "The Hidden Ground of Love: The Letters of Thomas Merton on Religious Experience and Social Concerns"

Um. I think there's some sort of message I'm supposed to get here. And I'm so glad.

5 comments:

Debbie Barr said...

Funny how the Lord answers prayers in the simplest ways. That's something I've been feeling a lot, lately.

I LOVE YOU BETH!

(sorry, it just came out)

Kimberly Bluestocking said...

At risk of sounding redundant and unoriginal . . .

I LOVE YOU, TOO!

Mama M said...

And just to add my own two cents here, although I said it to you on the phone this morning...

I LOVE YOU, TOO!

Palomita said...

Ditto from me.

I LOVE YOU, DARLING LITTLE SISTER!

Pat said...

Not a coincidence at all - prayers are answered in all kinds of ways...