Maxims and counsels of St. Francis de Sales for every day of the year

by Saint de Sales Francis

315.

Yes, you must keep your misery and lowliness, for God looks down upon it. Men look at the exterior, God looks at the heart; if He sees the lowliness of your heart He will give us great graces. This humility preserves chastity; that is why the soul of the spouse is called the Lily of the Valley.