Quotes about Trust

It is faith (trust) that affirms that the light, the ultimate truth, is perfect love. (That's because there is only one God, and He is both.) Therefore faith is the key to this absolute love of truth.

Presumption and despair are opposite deadly sins. We hear a lot about despair, and the need for hope; but what is presumption?

Of course we should use all our powers, of mind and will and imagination, but not trust in them, for that is trusting in ourselves.

De Caussade makes this matter of duty very simple, too, as he makes everything simple: "We have two duties to fulfill: we must actively seek to carry God's will into effect and passively accept all that his will sends us" (p. 73). That's all. That's it.

St. Thomas connects servile fear with dead faith (loveless faith) and filial fear with living faith.

All the way to Heaven is Heaven", said Saint Catherine of Siena. We

God's Spirit is most powerfully at work in us during emotional troughs, the "dry" times, not the "high" times. All the saints teach that. When the aid of feelings is removed, we can move forward only by heroic effort of our will. This

Your problem, however big it is (or however small), is His wise and loving will to you, even though it may not look wise or loving. It is His deliberate permissive will. And your response to it is your response to Him.

other little wooden fences can come down too. How? When? God only knows.

We must distinguish the act of faith from the object of faith, believing from what is believed.

Our faith here can only be in God, not in our faith (that's presumption). He will never abandon us, but we can abandon Him. That's why we must be vigilant.

If you feel the undertow of depression slowly pulling you out into the depths, don't rage at the heavens; don't wear yourself out trying to recover. Wait on God, rest in Him, and let Him pull your spirit homeward. All the tides of this world move toward Him.