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2561 Heart ready to receive.... good shepherd....

November 26, 1942: Book 33

I reward the slightest willingness to serve Me with My love, for if you surrender your will to Me I will seize you and you can never ever go astray now, for you have declared your willingness to work for Me. And whatever you start now must correspond to My will and therefore also find My favour. I do not force anyone but I give you freedom, and whatever you decide will be considered by Me.... I will be with you as you want to be with Me.... You alone determine the extent of My love, for as soon as you open yourselves it will flow to you; as soon as you make your heart receptive I will take possession of it, yet you cannot receive Me unprepared because I cannot dwell in a heart that does not beat towards Me. I am drawn to you, yet you must also push towards Me.... I will not erect a barrier if you do not build one yourselves.... I am always there for you, yet you must call Me because otherwise I cannot consider you.... yet if you have a desire for Me then My love is certain for you because I have loved you from the beginning.... Let Me dwell in your hearts and do everything in order to achieve this goal, for then you will be mighty and powerful, you will be wise and you will stand in the light, for I Myself will permeate you with My light and My strength. And then you will know everything and be able to do everything because it is I Who fills you with His spirit, Who thus works through you.... If you believe these words of Mine and strive to accept Me into your heart you will easily overcome the earth with its hardship, for you are now striving towards your actual destiny, you are striving towards unification with the one from Whom you once separated yourselves. And I support you in this endeavour, I give you strength so that you will not become paralyzed, I illuminate the path to Me so that you will not go astray.... And I Myself will come to meet you and draw you to My heart.... And then you walk the path upwards together with Me and you must reach your goal.... I Myself look for My little sheep who go astray and I fetch them back from the abyss, for I am the good shepherd Who cares for His sheep; I do not leave them to their fate but I follow them if they have strayed from the flock and are in danger of getting lost. For My love embraces all My creatures and I will not let any of them perish in the maelstrom of the world.... But only when they recognize Me will they strive towards Me with the same love. And only then can I enter the heart when the human being has prepared himself for acceptance through a way of life in love, when his will is to serve Me in time and eternity and when he demonstrates this will to Me through his co-operation in the redemption of the erring on earth.... I will bless him and take up residence with him....

Amen

Translated by Doris Boekers