"Strengthened with all might, according to His glorious power, unto all patience and long-suffering with joyfulness." -COL. i. 11.
GOD doth not need
Either man's works or His own gifts; who best
Bear His mind yoke, they serve Him best; His state
Is kingly; thousands at His bidding speed.
And post o'er land and ocean without rest;
They also serve who only stand and wait.
-J. MILTON
WE cannot always be doing a great work, but we can always bee doing something that belongs to our condition. To be silent, to suffer, to pray when we cannot act, is acceptable to God. A disappointment, a contradiction, a harsh word, an annoyance, a wrong received and endured as in His presence, is worth more than a long prayer; and we do not lose time if we bear its loss with gentleness and patience, provided the loss was inevitable, and was not caused by our own fault.
-FENELON
