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4340 "Become like children...." strong faith....

June 18, 1948: Book 51

Become like children.... All self-conceit must fall away from you, you must humbly come to Me like little children, entrust yourselves to Me and let Me guide and instruct you, you must completely leave your upbringing to Me, only ever trusting in My love and being certain that everything I let happen to you is right, because I, as the father, well know what you need in order to still reach the aim on earth. And if I let suffering and adversity come upon you, don't take it as a sign of wrath, as a punishment which shall befall you because you are sinful.... Believe in My love which never wants to let you suffer again but which cannot spare you suffering for the sake of reaching maturity, because it is an effective means to let you take refuge in My arms like children and to establish the right relationship with Me which must exist between us if you want to become blessed. Therefore, never rebel against your fate, otherwise you will also rebel against Me; be certain that I will not forget you, that I am always with you, even in the greatest suffering, that I guide you by the hand and pay attention to every request, every thought of Me, in order to help you, if you believe. Become like the children.... And thus you must also keep a childlike faith which will not waver even if fellow human beings who want to be wise do not want to accept it. Worldly wisdom wants to teach you differently, it wants to prove to you that your thinking is wrong, for worldly wisdom is infinitely far away from the truth because it takes a different path.... that of research, where the path of love has to be taken. And thus people will try to solve all spiritual problems in a worldly way, they will want to tear apart all teachings of faith and portray them as groundless. Then hold on to your childlike faith, let yourselves be guided by the feeling of your heart and remain faithful to Me, Who speaks to you through the heart and Who, as a father, truly does not let His children walk in error if they desire the truth.... Become like the children.... Faith is the right of a child who cannot judge for himself because he is not capable of it. But I will help you to also recognize what you should believe, but the prerequisite is always that you come to Me like children and let yourselves be taught by Me alone. Then I will explain everything to you in such a way that even your child's heart can understand and accept it, that you will become convinced in your faith and that you will also stand firm in the face of worldly wisdom if it wants to shake your faith. Behold in Me your father from eternity Who loves you, Who looks after you like children and does not want you to suffer harm to your soul, then you will also trust Me unconditionally and let yourselves be guided by Me, and your path will truly be the right one....

Amen

Translated by Doris Boekers