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150: O thou handmaid aflame with the fire of God's ...
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O thou handmaid aflame with the fire of God's love! Grieve thou not over the troubles and hardships of this
nether world, nor be thou glad in times of ease and comfort,
for both shall pass away. This present life is even as a swelling
wave, or a mirage, or drifting shadows. Could ever a distorted
image on the desert serve as refreshing waters? No,
by the Lord of Lords! Never can reality and the mere
semblance of reality be one, and wide is the difference
between fancy and fact, between truth and the phantom
thereof.
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Know thou that the Kingdom is the real world, and this
nether place is only its shadow stretching out. A shadow
hath no life of its own; its existence is only a fantasy, and
nothing more; it is but images reflected in water, and seeming
as pictures to the eye.
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Rely upon God. Trust in Him. Praise Him, and call Him
continually to mind. He verily turneth trouble into ease,
and sorrow into solace, and toil into utter peace. He verily
hath dominion over all things.
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If thou wouldst hearken to my words, release thyself
from the fetters of whatsoever cometh to pass. Nay rather,
under all conditions thank thou thy loving Lord, and yield
up thine affairs unto His Will that worketh as He pleaseth.
This verily is better for thee than all else, in either world.
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