The Practice of the Presence of God

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Recognizing and accepting both joy and suffering as gifts from God can transform your spiritual journey. Learn practical wisdom about deepening your faith, seeking God within yourself, and understanding that true devotion goes beyond fleeting blessings.

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[00:00:01] Bryan Entzminger:

Fifteenth letter to the same   God knoweth best what is needful for us, and all that he   does is for our good. If we knew how much he   loves us, we should always be ready to receive equally   and with indifference from his hand the sweet and the bitter   all would please that came from Him. The sorest afflictions   never appear intolerable, except when we see them in the wrong   light, when we see them as dispensed by the hand of God.   When we know that it is our loving Father who abases and distresses   us, our sufferings will lose their bitterness and become even matter   of consolation. Let all our employment   be to know God. The more one knows him, the more   one desires to know Him. And as knowledge is   commonly the measure of love, the deeper and more extensive   our knowledge shall be, the greater will be our love.  

And if our love of God were great, we shall love him equally   in pains and pleasures. Let us not content   ourselves with loving God. For the mere sensible favors,   how elevated soever which he has done or may do us   such favors, though never so great, cannot bring us   so near to him as faith does in one simple act.   Let us seek him often by faith he is within us   see seek him not elsewhere. If we do love   him alone, are we not rude? And do we not deserve   blame? If we busy ourselves about trifles which do not please and   perhaps offend him, it is to be feared these trifles   will one day cost us dear. Let us begin   to be devoted to him in good earnest. Let us cast   everything beside out of our hearts. He would possess   them alone. Be beg this favor of.  

If we do what we can on our parts, we shall soon see the   change wrought in us which we aspire after. I cannot   thank him sufficiently for the relaxation he has vouchsafed you.   I hope from his mercy the favor to see him within a few days.   Let us pray for one another. I am in our Lord, yours   and the rest.