We're not necessarily doubting that God will do the best for us; we are wondering how painful the best will read more

We're not necessarily doubting that God will do the best for us; we are wondering how painful the best will turn out to be

God's Wisdom and God's Goodness!--Ah, but fools
Mis-define thee, till God knows them no more.
Wisdom and read more

God's Wisdom and God's Goodness!--Ah, but fools
Mis-define thee, till God knows them no more.
Wisdom and goodness they are God!--what schools
Have yet so much as heard this simpler lore.
This no Saint preaches, and this no Church rules:
'Tis in the desert, now and heretofore.

God always takes the simplest way.

God always takes the simplest way.

God is day and night, winter and summer, war and peace, surfeit and hunger.

God is day and night, winter and summer, war and peace, surfeit and hunger.

What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us who can
be against us?

What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us who can
be against us?

As different streams having different sources all mingle their waters in the sea, so different tendencies, various though they appear, read more

As different streams having different sources all mingle their waters in the sea, so different tendencies, various though they appear, crooked or straight, all lead to God.

The spirit or life spark which animates this manifestation could be called God.

The spirit or life spark which animates this manifestation could be called God.

I fear one day I'll meet God, he'll sneeze and I won't know what to say.

I fear one day I'll meet God, he'll sneeze and I won't know what to say.

Can a mortal ask questions which God finds unanswerable? Quite easily, I should think. All nonsense questions are unanswerable.

Can a mortal ask questions which God finds unanswerable? Quite easily, I should think. All nonsense questions are unanswerable.