I do not pray that you may be delivered from your pains; but I pray earnestly that God gives you strength and patience to bear them as long as He pleases. Comfort yourself with Him who holds you fastened to the cross. He will loose you when He thinks fit. Brother Lawrence, Nicholas Herman, God’s Presence, Father, Joyful Spirit, Joyful, The Practice of the Presence of God, God, Monastic, Mystic, David Reese, Thoughts of God, ThoughtsofGod.com, Letter, Joy, Love, Lord, Sufficient, Grace, Spiritual Life, Eleventh Letter, Devotion, Prayers, Mercy, Goodness, Pray, Prayer