"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 23. July
With God's help you master your life.
The power to do this is given to you by the grace of God. There can be no complete defeat with her. Today I want to make the best of my life because I want to stay as close as possible to God, the Lord and Creator of all things. The reward for my trust in his strength is certain. Sometimes this reward will look like I get new courage to live. Sometimes that I overcome wrong thinking. Sometimes that I can help others to a new way of life. However, success is not my own merit, but the result of God's grace.