You can be sure that the trials you are going through are all clear signs of divine delight and jewels to beautify your soul. Everything that is happening in you is the work of Jesus, and you need to believe that. It is not your place to monitor the Lord's work but instead to submit humbly to his divine operations. Give full freedom to the grace that is at work in you. Remember never to become distressed by any adverse thing that happens, knowing that distress is an impediment to the Holy Spirit.
Therefore, whenever you sense some uneasiness arising, run to God and abandon yourself to him with complete childlike trust, because it is written that whoever trusts in him will not be put to shame. Always be courageous and move forward. Winter will pass, and unending spring will come with abundant goodness that far outweighs the harshness of the storms.
The dryness of spirit that disturbs you is a very painful trial, but it is a very wonderful thing because of its spiritual fruit.... God ordains this kind of dryness to help the soul attain true devotion, which consists in a prompt willingness to serve God without any personal reward. In brief, do good insofar as it is good in itself and insofar as it gives glory and pleasure to God.
--Padre Pio
Image source: William Blake, Job – Vision of Christ, The Book of Job, https://earlychurchhistory.org/beliefs-2/conversation-of-job-in-the-bible/william-blakes-job-vision-of-christ/
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