The anxious man.

Passage

There was once a man who was very anxious and dithered between hope and fear. One day, when overcome with despair, he lay prostrate in prayer before the altar in church and, pondering these matters in his mind, said:

'Oh, if only I knew that I would always persevere!'

Then he heard in his heart a reply from God:

'If you knew this what would you do? Do now what you would do then, and all will be well.'

So, having been comforted and strengthened, he committed himself to the will of God. His restless anxiety went away, and he no longer wished to ask what would happen to him, but strove eagerly to learn the perfect and acceptable will of God. So he was equipped for good work of every kind.