Episode 95 -- Imitation of Christ III.57 -- A Man Should Not be Too Depressed when He Slips into a Fault

In chapter 57 Thomas a Kempis talks about the situation when we are spoken to in a sharp and hurtful way. Often this will happen after we have made a mistake. We will be tempted to be discouraged by such a stinging rebuke. But Thomas a Kempis encourages us to take such things in stride. Let us not be too worried about what people think of us and say about us. Let us seek to truly do the will of the Lord. Let us ask for the grace to care more what the Lord thinks.