David Given Schwarm

Contentment is not inconsistent with our endeavor to have our condition improved. We do everything we can as if all depended on us, but we trust in God as if everything depended on him.

A marvelous peace comes into the soul if all trials and disappointments, sorrows, and pains are accepted either as deserved chastisement for our sins or as a healthful discipline that will lead us to greater virtue.