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As a child might see the point of the teacher's many instructions only later on, as he paints the details of each letter in a huge word, so we who fulfil God's Will can hope for eventual understanding and glory.

An obedient child is content to please the teacher, sure that the task is worthwhile, even if it is not yet understood.

When I am close to God, in sickness, putting my trust in Him, I am like a child who rests on her Father's shoulder.

When I am close to God, in sickness, putting my trust in Him, I am like a child who rests on her Father's shoulder.

Whoever trusts in God can 'see' himself not as drowning in God's holiness, rather as being carried on an ocean of compassion.

Like Mary, we sometimes have to face the 'burial' of our earthly hopes; yet God can give us lasting joy if we put our trust in Him.

Whoever recites a prayer with reverence and love is like a child who brings a pretty leaf to her grandfather in trust and delight.

By unhesitating obedience to Christ's wishes, we fulfil His plans for our lives as surely as when a child on an ice rink obeys the instructor's commands, then skates immediately with greater beauty, skill and power. We do not understand everything, but Christ is a trustworthy instructor.

By unhesitating obedience to Christ's wishes, we fulfil His plans for our lives as surely as when a child on an ice rink obeys the instructor's commands, then skates immediately with greater beauty, skill and power. We do not understand everything, but Christ is a trustworthy instructor.

We must stand before God's gaze like toddlers who are contrite but also brave and trusting.

Even when we trust in God and try to serve Him, it can seem as if life is a puzzle, with unexpected and ill-fitting parts. If we persevere, however, we shall see how Christ has been at work to make a special pattern out of those apparent oddments, for a special reason.

Christ and His mother are pleased whenever we turn to them with the simplicity and trust of a child.

As a child rests after playing in a snowfield, so I can rest in God, cradled in His Divinity, whenever I turn to Him in trust.

The Christian life consists of trust in Christ, giving up sin, following His way even in darkness, and moving towards the Glory of heaven.

The Christian life consists of trust in Christ, giving up sin, following His way even in darkness, and moving towards the Glory of heaven.

It is through trust in God and obedience to His Church that someone can be brought as if to the top of a building which reaches as far as Heaven, even though some people below may think the climb is pointless.

Whoever loves and trusts God, and remains faithful to Him, is drawn to His heart as surely as someone swept to the centre of a whirlpool

Whenever we pray with real faith, trusting that God hears us, it's as if we open a trapdoor overhead, which we had kept locked from our 'side'. By praying with faith, we consent to receive God's graces, and even to be raised up high, emerging from despondency and gloom.

The Lord invites us to 'throw' ourselves into the ocean of His love, in prayer, just as a child hurls himself onto a soft mattress, trusting that he will be safe.

Whenever we 'show' the Lord in Prayer all our problems, hopes, sins, and resolutions, we make acts of trust in Him. By such acts, we are building a stairway which brings us even closer to Him - by His grace.