"When uncertain about God’s will, it is
very important that we tell ourselves: ‘Even if there are aspects of God’s will
that escape me, there are always others that I know for sure and can invest in
without any risk, knowing that this investment always pays dividends.’ These
certainties include fulfilling the duties of our state in life and practicing
the essential points of every Christian vocation. There is a defect here that
needs to be recognized and avoided: finding ourselves in darkness about God’s will
on an important question . . . we spend so much time searching and doubting or
getting discouraged, that we neglect things that are God’s will for us every
day, like being faithful to prayer, maintaining trust in God, loving the people
around us here and now. Lacking answers about the future, we should prepare to
receive them by living today to the full."
— Fr. Jacques Philippe, Interior Freedom, p. 55
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