In a private letter from an earnest Christian is this eager longing: “For the last month or more I have been drifting away from God, and have not been able to drop anchor. The more I read and study the life of Jesus, the farther I seem to drift. I find myself asking the question continually, ‘Are all these things true? They certainly are beautiful to read about, but are they true?’”
We say that god does not manifest himself to us; yet he does reveal himself far more actually than we think. There is a picture of Augustine and his mother which represents them looking up to heaven with deep longing and great eagerness, as if listening for something. One is says, “If God would only speak to us!” and the other replies, “Perhaps he is speaking to us now, and we do not hear him!”
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