One of my favorites by Cyrus Merchant.

What I really want is for people who have been righteous and good to know that these sterling principles paid off, I want those who have prayed to know that they did not pray in vain. I want unhappy people to be happy; for heaven's movers like Santa Theresa to look down and find that a world which rejected god still has a god which has not rejected the world. I want to see justice done. I want the good to know the old Jewish assertion: "Know whom you pray before." I want them to believe in the power of god and the wrath of god. I want them to have everything they ever wanted. Everything. And sleep after a long time, knowing that god hadn't gone anywhere.
I want fine people to know that it really is up to god, not us. People say we can do everything. We can't, not until god sanctions it. They don't know because they haven't been through hell. Sometimes you have to leave it to the great outer force to come in and work it out for you.
And with all that god has at his disposal, waiting at his command to help, he can help and do it for you in a minute. The saints are his, the holy souls are his, all the power of nature is his, the powerful planets are his, the angels are his, his army is incredible and they are ready to work for you. I am ready to do it for you, but I can only wish. God alone can make that wish come true. Pray to god to do it for you. He alone can. And will.
Until that happens I want the religious and righteous to know is believe, believe totally. Set no store by man or woman. Direct your prayer, however small and sincere, to god. Have a blind heart with blind faith and you will  open your eyes to more happiness than you can see.
You think no one knows how bad your suffering is. God can see it. I urge you to continue being righteous and religious, in the strongest sense of the words, for then all you want you will have. God's love for the good is primal, urgent, shattering. He saves the best for those who go through the worst. More than you, I want to see you happy. Because then it validates my belief in the beauty of the world and the beauty of the one who created it.
Your dream of what you want, my favourite Mother Teresa's prayer always said, is only a shadow of the dream god has for you! I may have this absolute child-like belief but I do believe that there is a better world than the one we are living. I do believe that in time people like us will find that beauty, peace and perfection we are looking for. Good has to win. The promise of my religion will save you. Don't count the years and your tears. Somebody is keeping an account. When you are right, you are on the right side of god.


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