Notebook 80 True Life in God 833 to all nations to honour Your Fatherly Love. Will my Good Lord respond from His Holy heavens? will He give His response to this sinner, to this unworthy clay? I, Yahweh, bless you; I will refresh your soul, My Name is engraved now on your heart; listen: I come to meet you with blessings; daughter, you have asked for life, My delightful child, I am Life and I am here with you now; I will never abandon you; ah Vassula, let Me reassure you: human strength shall never prevail in My Plan of Salvation; I am the Author of this book; although your enemies avoid the light lest they be revealed, but wait for you, in darkness to pounce on you; do not be afraid, My Eyes are watching over you; no earthborn human will strike My child; yes, you will be calumniated and abused, but have you not seen the result of My good Works? I am telling you this to encourage you; although the Beast and its followers will keep on hounding you as hunters after their game, do not be afraid, they will not reach their aim; as I once said: they will try and erase you altogether from the surface of the earth; they will redouble in strength but not one of them will be able to touch My territory and My property; – you are My Territory and My Property – I have you encircled by many angels who guard you, and I, Myself, am your Sentinel; for your own part, build and plant in My service and I, I shall knock down and overthrow your aggressors who in reality are My aggressors; as for your persecutors, pray for them; show kindness and mercy, repay evil with love; My Presence is all around you and wherever you are; September 6, 1995 Like a strayed sheep I had gone my way; from arid ground I had tried to nourish my soul and from the dry rock I had hoped to receive my drink. Ah, my injuries from lacking were devouring me, and my sins appeared to be incurable. The mere sight of me was a scandal to Your angels, an abomination to Your Eyes, O Most Holy Trinity, most pure God. Your angels and saints stood aghast and stupefied at my total rebellion. Day in, day out, I went about, lacking. I trod in the shadows of the night, parched with thirst, spent the night fatherless, huddling instead thistles and thorns. Starved out of my flesh I could not comprehend why had this misery befallen me? Why had the light of my eyes left me? O evil inclination, did you expect sympathy? My downfall was greeted with an immense applause by a multitude of demons for they had managed to pluck me from my Shepherd’s Fold, and rob me from my Sight, my Joy, my Love and my Life .... and when life in me was just about to trickle away forever, You, Father! You came with stupendous power and glory. And with immense pity, You, Father, tore the heavens to reach me, from Your holy dwelling, You descended dressed in fearful splendour.
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