I talk to him and often get answers.
Thoughts sudden and distinct from any I have been entertaining
come to my mind after asking God for his direction. Something
over a year ago I was for some weeks in the direst perplexity.
When the trouble first appeared before me I was dazed, but before
long (two or three hours) I could hear distinctly a passage of
Scripture: 'My grace is sufficient for thee.' Every time my
thoughts turned to the trouble I could hear this quotation. I
don't think I ever doubted the existence of God, or had him drop
out of my consciousness. God has frequently stepped into my
affairs very perceptibly, and I feel that he directs many little
details all the time. But on two or three occasions he has
ordered ways for me very contrary to my ambitions and plans."
Another statement (none the less valuable psychologically for
being so decidedly childish) is that of a boy of seventeen:--
"Sometimes as I go to church, I sit down, join in the service,
and before I go out I feel as if God was with me, right side of
me, singing and reading the Psalms with me. . .
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