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4010 God’s word substitute for earthly loss....

March 28, 1947: Book 49

You have been granted knowledge for earthly life which is intended to compensate you for what you have to give up, for what you have to lose in order to become suitable labourers for Me who have no other will than to serve Me faithfully. It is no longer a long path you still have to travel, yet it is a path full of sacrifice and rich in suffering. And yet, you need not fear as long as you have the grace to receive My word, which will always impart strength to you in order to fight through the difficult battle of life. It is an incomparably more beautiful office to be active for Me than any earthly task can be for you, for success surpasses all earthly happiness and activity. Only you may not turn away from Me, you must always carry Me in your heart and you will also always be blessed by Me. Earthly you certainly don't have to expect an easy fate, yet spiritually you will ascend all the more surely, spiritually you will reach a level which is close to the aim, and one day you will realize the love with which I have guided you and let you go through schools of purification so that you shall become blissfully happy. Always and constantly strengthen yourselves with My word, don't let earthly failures and disappointments depress you, as My labourers always remain certain of My help and love, and it will not be withdrawn from you, it will always be granted to you if you need help. For your faith can banish much that worries you, your faith is able to transform suffering into peace and tranquillity. Yet always bear your cross in submission, for everything that comes upon you is determined by My wisdom and love and truly only for your good, even though you will go empty-handed on earth, yet in return you will exchange spiritual possessions, and these are incomparably more valuable and retain their eternal value. But earthly life passes and with it earthly happiness and earthly wealth. Join Me ever more firmly and it will truly not be to your detriment. And constantly accept My word which imparts rich knowledge to you, for you are rich in possession of this knowledge even though earthly everything has been taken from you. But the fact that I give to you meagrely has a deep spiritual reason, for I need you as labourers for My vineyard, and I know how to win faithful labourers who are only willing to serve Me. And I use all means because I need them in the last time before the end and because the end is not far off....

Amen

Translated by Doris Boekers