"The Lord does not show us his plans. He shows us, one by one, the steps he bids us take. If we take them, one by one, they will bring us into all that God has purposed and meant for us—the very best that could come to us."
"And you think his plans and purposes could be overthrown?"
"Why, certainly. Else what mean Christ's lamentations over Jerusalem? 'O Jerusalem,… how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her brood under her wings, and ye would not.' I would—ye would not; and the choice lies with us."
"And suppose a person falls in with these plans, as you say, step by step?"
"O, then it is all good," said Lois; "the way and the end; all good.
There is no mistake nor misadventure."
"Nor disaster?"
"Not what turns out to be such."
"Lois," said Mrs. Barclay, after a thoughtful pause, "you are a very happy person!"
"Yes," said Lois, smiling; "and I have just told you the reason. Don't you see? I have no care about anything."
"On your principles, I do not see what need you had to consider your future way of life; to speculate about it, I mean."