JOURNEY INTO THE DIVINE WILL

From The Writings of Servant of God Luisa Piccarreta

Date: April 11, 1905

Description: Book of Heaven. Vol. 6, April 11, 1905. How perseverance is seal of eternal life and development of divine life.

Luisa:

Being very afflicted because of the privation of my adorable Jesus, I was saying to myself: ‘How cruel He has become with me – I myself cannot understand how His good Heart can reach the point of doing this. And then, if persevering pleases Him so much, yet, my persevering does not move His good Heart. ’ While I was saying this and other nonsense, all of a sudden He came and told me:

Jesus:

“Indeed, the thing of the soul that pleases Me the most is perseverance, because perseverance is seal of eternal life and development of divine life. In fact, just as God is ever old and ever new and immutable, in the same way, through perseverance, by having exercised it always, the soul is ever old, and by her attitude of exercising it, she is ever new; and each time she exercises it she is renewed in God, remaining immutable, and without realizing it. Since through perseverance she continuously acquires divine life within herself, by acquiring God she is sealed with eternal life. Can there be a seal more secure than God Himself? ” (Book of Heaven-Divinewillapp.com)

Scripture- ² Count it all joy, my brethren, when you meet various trials, ³ for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness. ⁴ And let steadfastness have its full effect, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing. (James 1:2-4)

¹⁶ So we do not lose heart. Though our outer nature is wasting away, our inner nature is being renewed every day. (2 Corinthians 4:16).

Reflection- O Lord we love You, we bless You, and we adore You because it is hard to persevere especially in trials, yet it is perseverance that You love the most! You are ever old and ever new and when we persevere, though we can get discouraged, You renew our inner nature every day even if we do not feel it! The spiritual life is not about feelings so let us not ever lose heart because by persevering, especially our praying in the Divine Will ,You are sealing us with Your Divine Life! Fiat!