"If my God's ways seem strange, mysterious and difficult to me, and if the wishes I cherish sink quietly into the sea of worries, if the day that has brought me nothing but pain and suffering passes dull and heavy, then I can remember one thing: that God never makes a mistake!"
(Herbert Sack | Written in Stalingrad in 1943)
"When the Lord's thoughts are too high for me, the wells of His grace are too deep, when all supports are shaking helplessly, I lack strength and patience, when my gaze can no longer find a goal in anxious, tearful vigil, a spark of faith nevertheless announces that God never makes a mistake!"
(Herbert Sack | Written in Stalingrad in 1943)
"When my heart trembles in despair over unresolved questions, when I want to despair of God's love because ignorance rises, then I can gently place all my weary longing into God's hands and say with tears that God never makes a mistake."
(Herbert Sack | Written in Stalingrad in 1943)
"So be still, my heart, and let everything earthly and fleeting pass away, in the light above you will see that the paths he shows are good. And if you have to miss what you love most, even if it goes through cold, dark night, hold on to this blessed knowledge: that God never makes a mistake!"
(Herbert Sack | Written in Stalingrad in 1943)
"If my God's ways seem strange, mysterious and difficult to me, and if the wishes I cherish sink quietly into the sea of worries, if the day that has brought me nothing but pain and suffering passes dull and heavy, then I can remember one thing: that God never makes a mistake!"
(Herbert Sack | Written in Stalingrad in 1943)
"When the Lord's thoughts are too high for me, the wells of His grace are too deep, when all supports are shaking helplessly, I lack strength and patience, when my gaze can no longer find a goal in anxious, tearful vigil, a spark of faith nevertheless announces that God never makes a mistake!"
(Herbert Sack | Written in Stalingrad in 1943)
"When my heart trembles in despair over unresolved questions, when I want to despair of God's love because ignorance rises, then I can gently place all my weary longing into God's hands and say with tears that God never makes a mistake."
(Herbert Sack | Written in Stalingrad in 1943)
"So be still, my heart, and let everything earthly and fleeting pass away, in the light above you will see that the paths he shows are good. And if you have to miss what you love most, even if it goes through cold, dark night, hold on to this blessed knowledge: that God never makes a mistake!"
(Herbert Sack | Written in Stalingrad in 1943)
Thoughts about 21. January
Each of us has to fight our own inner struggle. The struggle between a material and an ideal attitude towards life.
One of the two will eventually rule our lives. Should we be guided by greed, greed, arrogance and selfishness or shouldn't we rather strive for faith, honesty, honesty, selflessness and helpfulness? Everyone has a choice. We can choose the good or the bad. But neither. Will we wrestle with us until we win the fight? And should the good prevail, there will be joy even in heaven.