The following is from Knight of Faith, Volume II, a collection of Norman Grubb's personal correspondence. This is what he replied to one writer who corresponded with him:
". . . God intends that you should find all you need in HIM Alone. To do this, He puts you in a situation in which you are hurt and wronged. That is to press you into HIMSELF ONLY.
"Your way is to accept your present situation from HIM. Thank Him that He is living in you just where He chooses to put you. Count that all joy, though you can't feel it joy.
"It isn't easy to accept things that hurt or people that hurt us; but keep on telling God that you do accept it from Him. Get the habit of seeing Him living in you just where you are.
"Then remember that you are His means of shewing His love. You are the love of God, because He is joined to you and manifests Himself thru you. So He lives in you among difficult people, not that you should think of how they hurt or wrong you, but how you can be the love of God towards them. That turns you out from yourself to them.
"You are the outflowing love of God. As a human you are meant to feel the hurts, but by faith you recognize God in you loving thru you, and that swallows the hurts.
"As you do that, you will find yourself being freer in sharing with others. But you need not be concerned about that. You are beginning to open your self and your heart to me, well, that is a start. When the right time comes, God will make it easy for you to share with others. But you need not strain at it, but relax back in Him, and only do what He constrains you to do."
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