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1118 The divine word....

September 27, 1939: Book 20

This is the most blissful process on earth, to be able to participate in the outpouring of divine love and to receive the word of the lord. The lord constantly remembers His children on earth, and He sees their need and pours out the fullness of His grace upon people, and He wants to remove the darkness of the spirit from them and bring them light so that they find the path upwards, to Him. And this light is His word, and whoever hears the word and acts accordingly has a light and clear spirit and regocnizes the right path to the father. This is why He gives people His word.... And if the father now speaks to His children, then His infinite love seeks to penetrate their heart, He wants it to open itself to receive the most precious gift, so that He can work with all His strength in the now willing earthly child, so that His spirit can now be active in it and instruct it about the meaning and purpose of earthly existence. Whoever receives this word draws infinite strength from the source of divine love, and he will now be able to pass on the flow of strength to all who are in need of the drink. Yet the source will not dry up unless it is forcibly spilled...., i.e., the receiving earthly child resists any further spiritual activity.... But the lord holds His protective hand over this.... He quenches the desire and quenches the thirst again and again.... And the gift of grace is received by people, it is desired and again gives comfort and strength to all those who take note of the divine word with a believing heart.... For the lord Himself is in His word.... He comes to everyone, and whoever receives Him, He blesses and remains with him always. And whoever is in distress of soul is strengthened by this word. It does not leave him in doubt, it enlightens the person and instructs him, it does not leave him in the darkness of night, but brings him into the light of day and teaches him right thinking. The blessing of the divine word is priceless.... the body does not regocnize the value of it for the soul, but the soul gives heartfelt thanks to its creator that it has been liberated by the divine word. The development of all other creatures is according to God's will.... The development of the human being or the human soul, however, is solely its own will.... and depends on its attitude towards the word of God.... And once the soul has regocnized the value of this word, it is saved for eternal times.... The transmissions from above greatly facilitate the soul's course of development.... a willing opening to the inexhaustible source of grace, and all strength and grace flows through it and gives it the full ability to shape itself according to the will of the lord....

Amen

Translated by Doris Boekers