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2161 Significance of the divine word.... elements....

November 22, 1941: Book 31

People heedlessly pass by the divine word and therefore walk powerlessly on earth. But without the imparting of strength they will not reach their goal. And time and again God meets them with His love and offers them the most precious thing, His word, which is supposed to make their path upwards easier, which is supposed to give them strength and enable them to live according to God's will. What the giving of the divine word means for people is beyond their comprehension.... that God Himself speaks to people, to beings who originally turned away from Him.... who rebelled against Him in wrong will and arrogance.... that He turns His love towards them and wants to make it easy for them to make amends for their former sin, that He shows them the path of return to the father and makes His will known to them.... that He promises them grace and strength if they comply with His will, practice love and request His strength.... He makes Himself known to people, His love, strength and grace expresses itself by descending to people in the word. And people carelessly ignore this gift of grace. They do not recognize God's love, they do not recognize His work and thus spurn the supply of strength, which is incomparably valuable and cannot be replaced by anything. God's love and patience is infinite, time and again He tries to bring salvation to people, time and again He draws close to them and desires entry into their hearts.... Full of love and gentleness, He speaks to them through the voice of the heart, He speaks to them through the mouths of willing servants, He speaks to them through suffering and earthly hardship.... And people do not listen, they close their hearts and ears and continue on their way, which leads astray. The voice of the heart grows fainter and fainter until it is no longer heard. For in order to hear God's voice, man must be willing, but he lacks the will for God. And this is the time when God will raise His voice so that every human being has to hear it.... where humanity has to be shaken up so that it no longer pays attention to God's quiet admonishing voice.... For God does not want to let people perish because they are His creatures which have emerged from His love and carry His spirit within themselves.... He does not want to abandon them to the adversary so that they do not lose their life in eternity, so that they do not fall prey to eternal death.... His love and mercy for humanity knows no bounds, and where His softly spoken word is not heeded His voice will resound loudly and audibly so that those who have not heeded Him will tremble. And what God has proclaimed through His word will be fulfilled. For God's word is truth, it is unchanging.... And thus the time will come when God will reveal Himself powerfully and mightily in the raging of the elements, when the forces of nature will begin to stir and bear witness to God's will in such a way that He must be honoured.... And those who did not want to hear His word will now hear the voice of God and will no longer be able to shut themselves off from it. It will be a time of terror and hardship but it is unavoidable if people are not to face visible destruction. For they will not heed God's gentle warning and will challenge God's severity where His love has been rejected....

Amen

Translated by Doris Boekers