Room of Marvels

Don’t do anything that accomplishes something.
It may be thou wilt never know what He will do, but only what He has done. It was too good for thee to know save by receiving it. The moment thou art capable of it, thine it will be.”
He sees the eternal effects of our prayers. To give us what we want because we want it would be to put our fate in our own hands.
So God listens, hears, considers, and deals with our requests out of the perfect tenderness of his heart. That is enough for me. When I realize that, I am not concerned that I don’t get what I ask for. I trust that God has something better in mind for me, even if I can’t see it yet.”
“To pause from one’s own bliss in order to give joy to another soul is not less bliss but more.