“[God] allows temptation, and uses it providentially to purify you, to make you holy, to detach you more from the things of the earth, to lead you where He is and by the route He wants you to take, so as to make you happy (in a life which may not be comfortable).”

                                     ~S. Canals

For Reflection:

According to this quote, why does God permit us to be tempted? List them. What temptation most assails me now? Am I cooperating with grace so that God’s reasons for the temptation can be realized in me? (See tomorrow’s Grace Line for other reasons why God allows temptation).

Abandoned: The Untold Story of the Abortion Wars by Monica Miller: H C, 336 pages Click Here For More Information                  PROLOGUE THE STORY I HAVE TO TELL Even in adulthood this sensitivity toward living things stayed with me. Seeing a stray cat, I feed it. Coming across a dead dog on the side of the road, I bury it. Most insects can live in my house with impunity, and those I wish to be rid of are simply scooped into a napkin and placed safely outside....My defense of animal life in childhood matured into a deeper defense of life in adulthood. And this is the story I have to tell. As it turned out, I threw myself into the defense of a people nobody wanted, the unborn marked for abortion.