“Sometimes it is good for us to have troubles and hardships, for they often call us back to our own hearts. Once there, we know ourselves to be strangers in this world.” (Thomas a Kempis)
The spiritual teacher Thomas a Kempis gives us an important reason why even those things that seem only to stand in our way can be used by our Father for our good. God always has the salvation of our soul in mind, and all of His guidance and allowances are intended to serve us. The greatest service the Lord renders us is the salvation and strengthening of our soul. This is what matters, as the Church rightly states: its most important task is the salvation of the soul.
