"My son, do not let the hard work you have taken on for my sake crush you; do not let any trouble make you lose heart completely. ... Go on with what you are doing; work faithfully in my vineyard; the reward you will have is myself. Go on writing, reading, singing, sighing, keeping silence, bearing your troubles like a man; it is well worth fighting all your present battles, and even greater ones, to gain eternal life ... If you were really keen to get to heaven, if the thought of it went right home to your inmost heart, how would you have the affrontery to voice a single grievance? Surely, with eternal life as the prize, you ought to put up with all kinds of hardship" (Imitation of Christ, Book III, Chapter 47).
Sunday, May 20, 2012
Encouraging Words from The Imitation of Christ
"My son, do not let the hard work you have taken on for my sake crush you; do not let any trouble make you lose heart completely. ... Go on with what you are doing; work faithfully in my vineyard; the reward you will have is myself. Go on writing, reading, singing, sighing, keeping silence, bearing your troubles like a man; it is well worth fighting all your present battles, and even greater ones, to gain eternal life ... If you were really keen to get to heaven, if the thought of it went right home to your inmost heart, how would you have the affrontery to voice a single grievance? Surely, with eternal life as the prize, you ought to put up with all kinds of hardship" (Imitation of Christ, Book III, Chapter 47).
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