God's Sovereignty and Goodness in our Lives

"How pleasing, my dear friend, to a pious mind, is the reflection that all our goings are in his hands whose love inclines him to every thing that is kind-whose purity connects with his conduct every thing that is good-whose wisdom infallibly adopts the best means, and whose power cannot fail to accomplish all his will. With his blessing, our felicity cannot fail of being accomplished-without it, it can never be attained."

A portion of a letter from Samuel Pearce to his wife found on page 10 of A Heart for Missions: Memoir of Samuel Pearce. He wrote these words to her after they had been married one year or so in a letter explaining that he would not be returning home on the appointed date due to opportunities for ministry. They had already been apart for several weeks without the blessings of email, texting, skype, etc.