A NEW SORROW
out in my heart: ‘Can nobody help me?’ And then I suddenly knew who could do it. I knelt down and prayed to God: ‘Oh, give me help, for thou alone canst do it!’”
“Can I stay here if I pray like that, Martha? Will God help me right away?” asked Cornelli eagerly.
“Yes, He will surely help you the way He knows is best for you, Cornelli. If it should be good for you to go away and you ask your Father in Heaven for help, He will bless your life away from home, so that it won’t be as hard as you have feared. If you pray to Him, you will get the firm assurance that nothing will be hard for you, because you have His help in everything you do. God is sure to ordain everything in such a wise way that happiness will come to you in the end.”
“Did you have to give Him your child after all?” Cornelli wanted to know.
“Yes, God took it to Himself,” Martha answered.
“And could you get happy again, Martha?”
“Yes, yes. The pain was very great, but I was consoled by the thought of my child’s
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