Jeanne Guyon, a seventeenth century writer, has challenged me with her words today.
Your trouble comes from seeking externally what all the time is with you. Accustom yourself to seek God in your own heart, and you will find him there.
The following words about waiting are from her writings in Experiencing the Depths of Christ If you set forth for the spiritual lands...you must realize that times of dryness await you. She warns that in these times we are tempted to respond by a great deal of activity. She urges us to take a different approach. You must await the return of your Beloved with patient love. What if the Lord called upon you to spend your whole lifetime waiting for His return to you? How would you conduct yourself it this were the lot the Lord should mete out to you for all the rest of your life? Wait upon Him in a spirit of humility, in a spirit of abandonment, with contentment and resignation."
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