St. Paul of the Cross Retreat Center

Thought for the Day

Last Updated July 25, 2004

SEEKING GOD

If my days were untroubled and my heart always light,
Would I seek that fair land where there is no night?
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If I never grew weary with the weight of my load,
Would I search for God's peace at the end of the road?
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If I never knew sickness and never felt pain,
Would I search for a hand to help and sustain?
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If I walked without sorrow and lived without loss,
Would my soul still seek solace at the foot of the cross?
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If all I desired was mine day by day,
Would I kneel before God and earnestly pray?
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If God sent no winter to freeze me with fear,
Would I yearn for the warmth of spring every year?
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I ask all these questions and the answer is plain,
If my life were all pleasure and I never knew pain -
I'd seek God less often and need Him much less,
For we seek God more often in times of distress.
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And no one knows God or sees Him as plain,
as those who have met Him on the pathway of pain.
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- Author Unknown

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