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3820 Free will....

July 8, 1946: Book 48

You came forth from Me and you shall return to Me again in order to remain Mine forever and enjoy all the delights of heaven. My plan of eternity has nothing else as its goal but the final unification of My living creations with Me, which, however, has to take place in the free will of these living creations, otherwise they could not be My children who are to be creatively and formatively active in all perfection. And if My living creations use their free will to draw closer to Me, it truly only takes a short time to become My image, to become perfect, just as the Father in heaven is perfect. But if My living creations prolong the time themselves of their own free will I shall not resist them, yet this is truly not My fault and My will; however, I shall always and constantly help them to reach the goal, albeit by means which appear incomprehensible to them as long as they are not yet knowing. I constantly woo the love of My living creations, for this is the prerequisite that they use their will correctly and strive towards Me. Only when the living creation is filled by love for Me will it try to unite with Me, and then the time until unification with Me will only be short.... then it will be close to the goal.... My living creations emerged from My strength of love, thus their fundamental substance is love, which inevitably has to return to eternal love again once it has distanced itself from it. For the strength from Me is indivisible, it cannot be lost, only the living creation can no longer recognise itself as what it is, and in this ignorance it can keep away from Me as long as it wants to endure the powerless state which is the result of its distance from Me.... If it longs for strength then the distance from Me will already diminish and it will strive towards the original state where it was in full possession of strength in supreme realisation. But My living creations, in order to be supremely perfect, also had to be completely free in thought and will, and they also had to be able to use their will in all directions, as good and perfect creations of Mine they also had to remain good and perfect in free will, and therefore it was given the opportunity to unfold itself in every direction.... And even if they fell into the deepest abyss, if the will expressed itself in the wrong direction, they still inevitably had to ascend again, yet also in free will, otherwise perfection would be eliminated. And only love for Me, for the Origin of themselves, allows their will to become active in the right direction, which is why I constantly woo their love, which is why I always and constantly approach My living creations in the stage of free will where it has to prove itself. Nothing will ever be lost for eternity that has come forth from Me; however, I shall use all means so that it will not have to languish in distance from Me for eternities, for only My closeness signifies happiness and bliss for the being which was created by Me, but any distance from Me signifies unhappiness, darkness and powerlessness.... a state which is the greatest torment for the spiritual being which emerged in all freedom and strength. Yet in order to form true children from My creatures, who shall possess all the Father's rights and take up the Father's inheritance, I cannot impose any restrictions on their will. They must find their way to Me of their own accord, they must love Me with all their heart and push towards Me and I shall draw them to My heart with joy and make them blissfully happy for all eternity....

Amen

Translated by Sven Immecke