FAITH

 

I read this little snippet online recently from a Christian website.  It is about a man in the mid 1800's who had come from a monied family and squandered everything he had.

After his father bailed him out of jail, a friend invited him to a "prayer meeting" (not the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints).  That's where he "discovered" the verse from James in the New Testament about true religion being to visit the widows and the orphans and to stay "unspotted" from the world.  He turned his life around.

This incredible man began an orphanage relying only on God for the funds.

Sometimes as mealtime neared and there was no food, he testified that Lord always sent someone with what was needed to feed the children.  Eventually, he founded five large orphanages and cared for over 10,000 children.

George Mueller lived his life in a way that proves God is real, God is trustworthy, and God answers prayers. 

Herr Mueller is quoted as saying of his life's experience working with the orphaned and waiting on the Lord to provide their sustenance:

The beginning of anxiety is the  

END of FAITH,

and the 

BEGINNING of FAITH 

is the end of anxiety.

What more valuable lesson than this?

FAITH IS EVERYTHING!