Holding Fast

This Revelation was given me to teach me the wisdom of holding fast to the goodness of God. At that time our ways of praying were brought to my mind: how in ignorance of love we use many devices as we seek to petition God. I saw that it brings more glory to God, and gives him more delight if we pray to him trusting only in his goodness and clinging only to him in the power of his grace, with real understanding and unwavering love, than if we tried every device that our hearts could think of. For every device we use to help us come to God will be inadequate and will fall short of true worship; all that we need lies in his goodness, nothing is missing there.

Mother Julian of Norwich, Revelations of Divine Love