When we are having a hard time and remember to ask God for help, we do not always know how to interpret God’s answer.

        Nevertheless, the answer always gets to us according to our necessities and merits.

        A man who used to ask God for specific wishes, one day managed to understand His answer, and wrote the following:

        I asked God to take my pain away. God said no. “It is not up to Me to take it away; it is up to you to give it up.”

        I asked God to give my disabled son a perfect body. God said no. “His Spirit is perfect and his body is temporary.”

        I asked God to give me patience. God said no. “Patience is born from difficulties, it is not given, it is conquered instead.”

        I asked God to give me happiness. God said no. “I give you blessings. Happiness depends on you.”

        I asked God to protect me from pain. God said no. “Pain separates you from the appeals of the world and brings you next to Me.”

        I asked God to make my Spirit stronger. God said no. “You must grow by yourself, but I will prune you so you can give fruits.”

        I asked God for everything so I could enjoy life. God said no. “I give you life so you can enjoy everything.”

        At last, when I asked God to help me love others as He loves me, God said:

        “You finally got the idea!”

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        If, by any chance, you are feeling sad because you did not get the answer you expected from God, smile again.

        The sun kisses the flower and it smiles back.

        The rain kisses the earth and it smiles back thankfully.

        The fire melts metals and they express ways of smiling.

        Pain goes away, hope comes.

        Sadness runs away, happiness returns.

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        Once a disciple asked his master:

        Sir, when will I identify the plenitude of happiness and peace in this world full of violence and pain?

        The master answered:

        When you become capable of seeing the most serious occurrences, without a rushed judgment, with the serenity of my eyes;

        when you succeed in hearing with the patience of my generous comprehension;

        when you become capable of speaking in order  to help people, without accusations or excuses;

        when you start acting with mercy, even under the hardest pains and keep walking the path of goodness amongst sharp thorns without feeling tired, trusting your superior objectives, you will identify  with me and will enjoy happiness and peace.

        The apprentice listened and meditated. After a while he stood up and decided to put himself at the service of his fellow man, willing to conjugate the verb to love, with no exhaustion, no anxiety or fear.

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        If you are, by any chance, sad because you did not get an answer back from the Lord our Creator, get back to smile and love again.

        That is the best way to get rid of the pain and to have hope again.

        Sadness runs away and happiness returns.

Spiritist Moment Team based  on internet text, with no author mention and message from Spirit Eros, psychography of Divaldo Pereira Franco.
June 23 2008.