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For Emma F.112
Impatience is never a factor contributing to success. When the time comes, the souls will appear by God’s will. Obedience is always proof of justice and spirituality, and it is always rewarded. Fears about the future display imperfection in the three theological virtues. God can raise up anywhere - and especially in the most unexpected places and beings - what is necessary for a child of his who entrusts himself or herself to Him. What often seems to be the best help is, on the contrary, a detour from God’s path, and God then removes it, busying and concerning Himself with providing the element needed to replace it. Whoever seizes upon many recommendations ends up perishing in a tangle of tentacles. It is not enough to say, “His will,” but one must do it after it has been expressed.113
112 See note 4 and notes 312 and 472 in The Notebooks. 1944.
113 We pass over the next notebook (no. 67), containing twelve episodes from The Third Year of the Public Life (November 17 - 28, 1945), as well as slightly over fifty pages from the following one, containing four episodes from The Third Year (November 29 - December 2, 1945).