Thought for the Day 13 November 2009

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Categorised as Thought of the Day and published Friday, November 13th, 2009
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My Lord … can this be the world which Thou hast created, so full of pain and suffering? Who among the sons of Adam lives without suffering from his birth to his death? … Why is this, O my God? Why is this, O my soul? Dwell upon it, and ask thyself, Why is this? Has God changed His nature? … O my God, I know full well why all these evils are. Thou hast not changed Thy nature, but man has ruined his own. We have sinned, O Lord, and therefore is this change. All these evils which I see and in which I partake are the fruit of sin.

From Meditations and Devotions (1893) Click here for the full text (leaves site)