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5629 Retreat into silence.... time of need....

March 18, 1953: Book 62

Often dwell on spiritual thoughts, withdraw into silence, commune with your father of eternity and thus establish the connection with the spiritual world so that its radiations can touch you, so that you are open-hearted.... and there is no resistance in you against the flow of grace from above. God's strength of love cannot take effect on you as long as you close yourselves off, thus your will must be ready to receive the strength from God. You have to practice this conscious opening very often and you will happily perceive a spiritual strengthening, you will no longer have the feeling of being alone, then you will establish a relationship with the spiritual world which will give you a certain security compared to the earthly world. Don't let the earthly world gain control over you, but always put the spiritual world before it.... i.e., let God Himself always be present to you through conscious desire for Him.... Only in this way can you mature your soul, for then you will do everything consciously, you will seek to live according to the divine will in everything.... You have directed all your senses spiritually.... In the coming time you will need this attitude very much, for the world will give you a hard time, you will need a lot of strength and will only ever be able to receive it through living contact with God, with the world, which supports you in your striving upwards. And it will become increasingly more difficult for you to only direct your senses spiritually.... Therefore practice diligently beforehand, don't live a purely worldly life for a single day, again and again withdraw into silence, use every opportunity to send your thoughts upwards, and even if you only let a short call arise from your heart.... it will be heard, and the beings of light will not leave you alone if you request support from them.... Strive to secure God's presence for yourselves.... remain in love.... and trust in Him that He will straighten what is crooked, that He will heal those who are sick, and believe that He is stronger than everything you fear, that which threatens you.... Trust in Him and give yourselves to Him as your own.... And He will truly not leave you.... Begin and end each day with Him, and He will be your constant companion, He will lead you out of all trouble....

Amen

Translated by Doris Boekers