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2809 The heart shaped for love as the dwelling place of God....

July 11, 1943: Book 37

God Himself takes abode in the human being's heart who has shaped himself into love and thus unites himself with Him.... because love leads to unity with God; through love the human being assimilates himself to the eternal deity and has reached his goal which was set for earthly life. And once the human being is intimately united with God, his life on earth will only be perpetual labour of love, for God Himself will now work in him and His activity is love........ And then his soul is ripe for eternity, and if God still leaves the human being on earth then this only happens for the sake of his fellow human beings, who should take his way of life as an example so that they, too, will give themselves to God in serving love and seek union with Him. God Himself can take abode in a well-formed heart, He can fill a person's heart with His grace and love in all fullness, He can express Himself through his mouth and dwell amongst people who are of good will. For now He will constantly speak to them through His instrument, through the earthly child who has become love, who hears His word and imparts it to those who want to hear it. And as soon as He Himself speaks to people, He will also be recognized in the word.... The word will penetrate the hearts of fellow human beings because it is offered to them with love, because God Himself speaks through those people who are united with Him through loving activity. The human being himself will be happy, an inner peace will make him happy, he will always feel surrounded by divine care; suffering and misery will pass him by and only love for his fellow human beings will make him suffer as soon as he is unable to help them. And again it is the divine voice that speaks from him to those, and it also awakens love in his fellow human beings who recover from the divine word if they are ill in body or soul.... who draw strength and fortification from the word that God's love offers them through a human being. A person whose heart God Himself chooses as his dwelling place can already be called blessed on earth. For he has overcome the earth, even though he still dwells on it. He no longer lacks strength when he is oppressed by the world, he has God within him and in His presence he feels strong and invincible. He also pays no attention to the attacks of the world, for he knows that nothing will happen to him without the will of God, which is in him.... Nor is he afraid of death, for he knows that he will pass painlessly into eternity, because he who lives in God and has God in him will not know the horrors of death. He only longs to be rid of his bodily shell and to see God face to face.... he demands nothing more from the world and finds his happiness and peace only in union with God, with the one who is love.... he wants to be close to God and cannot help but live constantly in love, because love itself is in him and works powerfully....

amen

Translated by Doris Boekers