“God is a generous God, fully recognizing what His children do to help mankind. Even so, as to our achievements, there remains this humbling reality:
“Little people like you and me, if our prayers are sometimes granted, beyond all hope and probability, had better not draw hasty conclusions to our own advantage. If we were stronger we might be less tenderly treated. If we were braver, we might be sent, with far less help, to defend far more desperate posts in the great battle.” 1. below
There was no more “desperate post” than Gethsemane or Calvary!
Because our imperfections thus limit our contributions, the more we become like him, the more we can do to help. How many more gifts could he give, therefore, if we were more like the great Giver of all gifts? ~ Neal A. Maxwell
Note: 1. C.S. Lewis, “The efficacy of Prayer,” In The World’s Last Night and Other Essays (New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1960), 10-11
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