You know not what you ask

"Let us imagine our confusion when we appear before God and understand the reasons why he sent us the crosses we accept so unwillingly.  The death of a child will then be seen as its rescue from some great evil had it lived...loss of money the means of saving your soul from eternal loss.   So what are you worried about?  God is looking after us and yet we are full of anxiety!  We trust ourselves to a doctor because we suppose he knows his business...Yet we are unwilling to treat God the same way!  It looks as though we do not trust his wisdom and are afraid that he cannot do his job properly... 

"If we could see all that he sees we would unhesitatingly wish all he wishes.  We would beg him on bended knees for those afflictions we now ask him to spare us.  To all of us he addresses the words spoken to the sons of Zebedee:  You know not what you ask - O blind of heart, your ignorance saddens me.  Let me manage your affairs and look after your interests.  I know what you need better than you do yourselves.  If I paid heed to what you think you meed you would have been hopelessly ruined long ago."  -- St. Claude de la Colombiere, quoted in Magnificat, p. 100-101.