Thank you for your good letter and for the invitation to come to Mjøndalen next Sunday.

Today, at 11:10 a.m., Pauline gave birth to a big, strong baby boy, who is really crying at the moment. The first few days after the birth are the most difficult for the mother, which is why I have to stay here on Sunday and help out.

God willing, I will come next Sunday instead (during Lent).

We have now rented a small meeting hall for eight kroner per month. The meetings led by Br. Isachsen have gone really well, and many people have been attending. Br. Berg stepped aside and allowed Br. Isachsen to take over. I’m sure they felt it was a bit strange, but the first few meetings were full of people and were very blessed, so both Br. Berg and the others appear to be very content.

God is called Wonderful and Counselor, and His works are unsearchable. For us it is vital to be faithful in our calling and in our ministry, and then God will bless and establish our calling, our works, and our election. The Lord established David’s kingdom, and He will also do that for us if we hear His voice and are obedient.

If you read 1 Samuel 11 and 12, you can see how thoroughly united Samuel had become with the mind and counsels of God. He clung so wholeheartedly to God and was so completely given to His counsels that he cried to God, and God sent thunder and rain in the days of harvest because Israel had chosen a king for themselves.

We can become well acquainted with the mind of God by reading the Old Testament, and in Him there is no shadow of turning. We can see how He guides things and how He allowed His servants to have a part with Him in His guidance.

As time goes on, I am learning to understand more clearly that immediate intervention in difficulties is not God’s leading. Complicated situations, in which we know something is wrong, should first work patience in us. Then, once they have done their work, perhaps God will allow us to resolve the difficulty.

Moses was the most longsuffering (meekest) of all men, and he had learned the great art of “sleeping on a problem.” He who wages war ought to accept counsel, and our entire life is one long war. “Wisdom is in the sight of him who has understanding . . . .” Prov. 17:24.

It was a joy for me to hear that several sinners in Mjøndalen have found peace with God, and also that God’s Spirit is working powerfully there.

“For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, is working for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory . . . .”

Warm greetings from your brother,