October 28

Cheer for Pilgrims

“Strangers and pilgrims.”
— 1 Peter 2:11

"Be of good cheer."
John 16:33
This world is a wilderness wide:
I have nothing to seek or to choose —
I've no thought in the waste to abide —
I've nought to regret nor to lose.

“We are on a pilgrimage, and God makes us feel it in our circumstances. He detaches us from what is dearest down here; He weans us, and then without being aware of it, we ripen for heaven.”