A Quiet Faith Within

There are many theories and philosophies of life⎯and in some measure each one makes his own. But what each one should ask himself concerning his belief, his outlook on life, it this: What does it do for me? This may sound selfish, but it is a question that must be satisfied when one is committing his whole everlasting life⎯everything⎯all that is precious and irreplaceable. Life is all we have⎯it is all there is⎯and every man must be concerned with what he believes⎯and with what he does with himself. A machine may look good⎯until it has to perform its function. A car, for example, may look well standing on the lot, but the test of a car comes in how well it runs on the road. And the test of our convictions, our philosophy, comes when we find how well it holds up on the rough stretches of life’s road. If you can see hopes and years of effort shattered, and keep faith⎯if you can see injustice and corruption, and not curse God, but lay the blame where it belongs⎯if you can see death take a loved one away and refrain from unbelieving bitterness, but fill your life with faith⎯faith that this parting will be followed by another meeting where loved ones will be waiting⎯if you can enjoy the good things of the earth and put them in their proper place and not let them dominate your life⎯if you can learn and work and serve in grateful usefulness; if you can pray and know that there is higher help; if you can be at peace, with purpose, and a quiet faith and assurance for the future⎯then your belief, your outlook on life is something to be cherished⎯if you find in it peace, purpose and faith for the future.