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2443 Raising a child to believe or God's help....

August 9, 1942: Book 33

Every hint from above should be heeded, for God does not convey His word to earth without purpose. As soon as the human being recognizes a connection between heaven and earth, as soon as he can relate all events to spiritual guidance, his earthly life will be easier to bear and his state of soul will improve, for then he will not regard his own earthly life as pointless and purposeless but will be aware of his task. The certainty that God's will is decisive for every event determines him to also submit himself to this will, to let himself be guided by it, and he endeavours to live according to God's will. And then he also pays full attention to the divine voice, His word.... And so he lives his life consciously.... Man in his ignorance needs the word of God. As soon as he begins life on earth as a human being, he lacks all understanding, all knowledge of divine things. He first has to be slowly introduced to the knowledge of it, and he is enlightened about it from the human side, provided that his fellow human beings themselves are in contact with God, that they themselves strive for God and have knowledge of His reign and work.... that they believe.... Then the child will also be led into this faith. However, if the fellow human beings themselves are without faith and they also transfer their unbelief to the child, the latter is nevertheless not left to the opposing power but God Himself takes care of him and helps him to gain realization by shaping his path of life such that his thinking is stimulated, thus he is instructed intellectually and can be led to the same result.... that he learns to believe in a God Who holds his fate in His hand.... that he learns to believe in a destiny, in a task, which the human being is intended to fulfil during his earthly life. God leaves no human being without help, He leaves no one to his own devices or to unbelieving fellow human beings.... He has given man understanding and the ability to think, which can also lead him directly to realization if the education of his fellow human beings fails. Man must only muster the will to stand in the truth.... He must not allow himself to be driven but must be active himself, he must desire to know what is true and to do what is right.... Then God makes Himself known to him and He guides him so that he can reach his goal....

Amen

Translated by Doris Boekers