IN SUFFERING, LOVE FOR ME GROWS IN PROPORTION TO YOUR FAITH CM-124 20-May-97 Jesus Human beings who toil remember Me, but not because the act of remembering is a quality of theirs, since human beings on their own are nothing when it comes to memory and concerning everything they receive from Me. If they think of turning to their Creator, it is because in the darkness of trouble or misfortune, I make them feel that they are always bound to Me as creatures who are the work of My hands. In those cases where everything causes annoyance or pain, humans feel - through My power- that I am their beginning and as such, they can ask Me for some relief, some understanding. After having ascertained this, their attitude varies according to the state in which the creatures find themselves. There are those who invoke Me and bless Me; there are those who remember Me and curse Me, and, in between, there are those who reproach Me for the pain they are suffering. There are various other stages that human beings may go through such as turning to Me to free them from every trivial nonsense and forgetting that pain is not harmful, and therefore, when they experience disturbance, they remain indifferent to Me. But of all the attitudes taken by human beings when they experience suffering, there is one that is particularly characteristic of this era and that is lack of comprehension of My Will. They try to attribute suffering to everything but Me. They try to find the reason for everything without keeping Me in mind. And so the world is full of conceited and discouraged people. The former deceive themselves and try to deceive others; the latter collapse within themselves and die spiritually. What misery in all of them! This century, which has so much knowledge of everything and possesses so many means, cannot find the reason for what is happening to human beings. In this period of time when fatalism is unraveling, it is impossible to encounter the realism to discover the true cause of setbacks and sorrows. Peoples and individuals remain lost and doubtful on that plain. Everyone is worried and almost no one is seeking the real remedy which is to accept the setbacks in order to encounter the light. I have already told you that those who follow Me will resolve all their doubts, mainly those that refer to suffering, since it is impossible to follow the light without being enlightened. I not only carried the cross from the praetorium to Calvary. I did not suffer only on that Friday, but I bore enormous pains on My person from when I was a little child. And it was for the purpose of providing you with the remedy and giving you encouragement. But if you believe in Me in a distracted way, that I became a human being and suffered like a human being, then you remain in darkness and suffer uselessly. I am at your disposal; I give Myself to you according to the hope that you have in Me, according to your belief in Me. Yes, in suffering your love for Me grows in proportion to your faith in Me, in proportion to your belief in the value that I have assigned to suffering. It [your love for Me] grows the more you count on My Goodness and My Divine Providence. Oh, how love grows if you surrender to the acceptance of pain! One day you will understand that your having listened to these words of Mine, is truly and effectively the cause of your future happiness. You will understand that I did not deceive you, that you were not deceived and that you will be grateful to Me. Therefore, seek without fatalism the reason for your suffering, and attribute to My Will that which upsets you. Then, if you love Me, place no further obstacles in the way of fulfilling My Will. That pleases Me and it will cut short your very suffering.
Posted on: Sun, 30 Jun 2013 13:09:13 +0000
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