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0674 Exams as a love gauge....

November 19, 1938: Book 14

The trials that the lord sends you are also the measure of your love, for how you overcome them and encounter them is how your love for the divine saviour manifests itself. And the opportunities you miss to serve the lord are always a loss of His love, for the lord is present in every labour of love and therefore always dwells where actions or sacrifices are made for His sake. And so every omission will also call the lord's presence into question. The deity will express Himself in deepest love at all times if only the heart of the earthly child is likewise willing to love. Yet every thought that departs from what is solely the human being's task will also result in a reduction of the saviour's love, and such a child will then have to struggle in order to be received by the lord again in full love. For there is only one thing to do, to do everything in his power to receive the lord's affection.... And of this be certain that all will of the earthly child must submit itself to the lord with increased fervour if the lord is to take possession of it and the heart is to become a permanent dwelling place of the lord. Therefore your endeavour should be in the first place to always glow with love for the lord, to always only recognize Him as the most important thing in life and, as it were, to put everything else in the background in order to only remain active for the lord's sake, and only in this way can the earthly child be assured of success.... For there are many temptations, and yet a person can resist them if he entrusts himself to the lord and commends himself to Him and His grace, especially in hours of struggle with himself. And fervent prayer will always be a weapon against an inward flattening, which is the greatest danger for a person. But if you are aware of your true purpose on earth, you will overcome all temptations and give yourselves unreservedly to the divine saviour and thus also remain in His love....

Amen

Translated by Doris Boekers