Gifts of Heaven · Volume 2 · Chapter 171

Advice for vineyard workers

10th August 1841, morning

[1] Listen! Thus is said in the counsel of the eternal Wisdom and Love of your Lord, your God, your Creator, your Redeemer, and – through this only – of your Father, who is holy, holy, holy:

[2] If you like to deal with persons of the opposite gender in a purifying way, first consider the still hidden depth of your heart! Think that there is no visible difference between useful good and useless poisonous-evil seeds.

[3] The unexplored heart is like an unfertilized land in which the weeds are more likely to root than the wheat. Therefore do not let yourself be tempted by beautiful seeds, for you do not know what kind of fruits will come out of them!

[4] You can indeed approach everyone in My name, but you will find My kingdom nowhere but with Me alone through faith and love and complete self-denial – and hear that only then, when you will be able to say it faithfully in your heart, completely separated from the world:

[5] Lord, here I am! The world has become a disgust to Me. But you are everything, everything, everything to Me! Now I want nothing more than You alone!

[6] See, only then can I come! Wherever you can be of use, act in My name and pay attention to the depth and true disposition of your heart! For there still lie all kinds of seeds. But I will only bless what you will do in My name to those whom I have given you!

[7] As for the one whom you ask about, she looks up with one eye in her lack to see whether any help is possible from there; but with the other she looks to the earth to see whether there are no precious stones for her anywhere. She should rather turn both eyes, ears, and especially her heart to Me without delay, so she will find the greatest treasure and will be helped in everything!

[8] But you, preserve and cleanse your heart, so that, if I sometime would come to you unexpectedly, the same is ordered, that I do not want to be compelled to forgive or even turn back! Think: there is only one thing that needs to be done! And he who has mentioned this one thing has already mentioned the best part!

[9] This I say, your constant Redeemer and unceasing rebirth! Amen, Amen, Amen.