When the World Turns Against You

From Gold Dust

“There are times in one’s life when the world seems to turn against us. Our motives are misunderstood, our words misconstrued, our advances are repulsed or met with icy coldness. Courage, patience dear disconsolate one! God is making a furrow in your heart where He will surely sow His grace.”

Here, Charlotte Yonge leaves us with a beautiful message to consider when things feel like they're falling apart. That is, God is at work opening up space in our heart so that it may be filled with grace.

Yonge was born in 1823 at the beginning of the Victorian era, and her life and writings reflected the values of that time which included devotion to God, work. and self improvement. She also adhered to the resurrection of Christ, the Trinity, the importance of prayer, and the strong belief that God has given each one of us a Guardian Angel to lead us on our path to salvation.

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