Gifts of Heaven · Volume 2 · Chapter 197

The gift

15th February 1842

[1] My A. H.-W.! As a good, valuable gift, give these lines to the one whom you already know is meant there. And which you also think!

[2] Behold, you dear one, behold, you young one! I, your great Father, your good Father, your Father full of love, grace, power, strength and might, your eternal Father, tell you:

[3] Love Me, remain faithful to Me, have great joy in My old and new words, seek Me in the love of your heart for Me, keep My easy commandments, flee the wicked, wicked world, come to Me in you, in your heart come to Me as I wait for you – I will embrace you as a most tender bridegroom embraces a most dearly beloved bride, and thus want to press you against My Fatherly breast unto eternal life, as if I had no-one in the vast infinity but you, My dear little daughter!

[4] Come, O come still quite soon to Me – to your so exceedingly good, holiest, most loving Father!

[5] Do not think that it should be too difficult after all to find Me and come to Me! Behold, if you go at all, I will lead you by My hand! When you sleep, I faithfully keep guard at your bed! When you eat, I bless every spoonful of food that you bring to your mouth!

[6] I go with you into the house of prayer! Yes, think to yourself, if you feed your chickens and little chicks, I am with you and help you, blessing your little business! When you sit at the piano and practice, I am at your side!

[7] Only if you would play dances to yourself sometime, then of course I would be wistfully behind you. And if you would commemorate of the worldly things, there certainly also I would be behind you as if mourning. And if you would show an obstinate heart and to rise above someone else – behold, of course I would also be behind you as if weeping.

[8] But otherwise I am always with you!

[9] See now you, My dear little daughter, how easy it is to come to the One and find the One who is always exceedingly present with you with all His love! When you think of Me, behold, there I, your dear Father, speak to you! When you pray to Me in the devotion of your heart, behold, there I say to you always very gently and quietly:

[10] "My dear little daughter! I, your good, dear Father, am also a very Holy Father! Jesus Jehovah is My name! Build, build, My dear little daughter, on this name! For He is mighty above all and holy, over holy! In this name you will find eternal life!"

[11] Behold, such a thing I call always out to you! And when you have stopped praying, I, your holy, good Father, bless you always with My mighty Father-hand!

[12] Such, oh My little daughter, is well certain and true! Therefore you must not ask any more: "But when will the good, Holy Father come to me and announce Himself to me?" Because I am already firmly with you for a long time and do not let you out of My eyes and hands!

[13] But if these words should seem to you hard to believe, focus yourself only once or, even better, several times in love to Me! But give good attention to all thoughts during this time of devotion! Behold, all these thoughts will be My words addressed gently, softly and quietly to your little heart!

[14] A soft breath around your forehead and eyes and a very slight feverish blowing through your chest will be a sure sign to you that I, your good, dear, Holy Father, am blessingly strengthening you, and am therefore quite safely with you.

[15] And thus I bless you also now through this most valuable gift. Remain faithful to Me, remain faithful to Me in your heart, remain faithful to Me, your dear, good, holy Father in all your love!

[16] Such is the holy wish of your dear, good, Holy Father. Amen.