We recognize the action of God in great things: we exclude it in small. We forget that the Lord of eternity is also the Lord of the hour.
If we look closely at this earth, where God seems so utterly forgotten, we shall find that it is He, after all, who commands the most fidelity and the most love.
The Christian's God is a God of metamorphoses. You cast grief into his bosom: you draw thence, peace. You cast in despair: 'tis hope that rises to the surface. It is a sinner whose heart he moves. It is a saint who returns him thanks.
I can understand the things that afflict mankind, but I often marvel at God those which console. An atom may wound, but God alone can heal.
