What a
contrast there is between our will and God’s will! His will is that we should
love the truth, ours prefer falsehood. He wishes us to love what is eternal, we
wish to follow what is fleeting. He wills us to care for the noble and sublime,
we value only base and earthly things.
He wills
that we desire only what is safe, we love danger. All things are vanity, save
to ask God to deliver us from these dangers for ever and to preserve us now
from all evil.
Although
our wish for this may not be perfect let us force ourselves to make the petition, since we ask it of One Who is
almighty. May His name be for ever blessed both in heaven and earth, and let
His will be ever done in me. Amen.
(The Way of Perfection, 42:5)
