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2179 The effect of a bad deed can be transformed by God....

December 8, 1941: Book 31

The demon seeks to gain influence over souls that are fickle. He seeks to exploit the weakness of the will and to seize the will for himself and it then requires great strength of resistance not to succumb to his temptations. But God sees the struggle of the heart and He resists the forces of the underworld when man is in danger of succumbing, and good forces stand by man's side to protect him from the evil power. Therefore, man should faithfully abandon himself to these good forces and never believe that God's love will diminish and that man is defencelessly at the mercy of the evil forces. Nothing can happen without God giving His consent, and His will turns every event in such a way that it fulfils its purpose for the salvation of man's soul. His will hinders or promotes the effect of every deed carried out by the human will, and therefore the human being should humbly accept whatever the divine will allows. The more faithful and trusting a person is, the less he will be affected by every event, for where the human will carries out bad deeds, divine will can nevertheless turn these deeds into a blessing for the salvation of people's souls. Suffering can contribute enormously to redemption if it deepens faith and causes a person to pray fervently, for everything that results in an intimate union with God is a means for the human being to become free from his bondage. Man often does not recognize God's love, he only sees the hardship and suffering, and yet these are the means He uses to win people's hearts. The more intimately they join Him, the more He can shower them with His grace and ease their path to the heights....

Amen

Translated by Doris Boekers