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As the love, so the reward
7th April 1843, morning
[1] Write a good word for everyone! Whoever heeds it will receive a "good portion" that will not be taken from him! The little word, Luke 10:40-42, reads thus:
[2] "Martha, however, went to great lengths to serve Me, so she came to Me and said: "Lord, do You not ask after it that My sister let Me serve alone? Tell her that she too should do something!" But I answered and said to her:
[3] "Martha, Martha, you have much care and trouble! But only one thing is necessary. Mary has chosen the good part, it shall not be taken from her!"
[4] But if I said this about Mary, who had chosen the "good part", to Martha, who served Me, then what shall I say to those, with whom there is not only not the slightest trace of a "Mary", but who also cannot be compared with "Martha" in the least, in that they do not serve Me, but only the world, and that diligently throughout the whole day, and do not even spend so much time on all the worldly thoughts and worldly chatter that they would to talk to Me for only half an hour in a day all together; And if they do think of Me, they think only as of a winter that passed ten or twenty years ago.
[5] So what shall I say to those to whom a stocking gives by far more to think, to talk and to act about during a day than My Fatherly love put together in a month, with some probably also in a year? What shall I say to those who measure, count and reckon all day long how long one garment should be and in how many folds and stitches the other should be laid? So what shall I say – not to Mary, but only to Martha, who is busy serving Me – to those who not infrequently work for their bodies until the late hours of the night and spare no effort and care; but when they are to hear from Me, sleep immediately overcomes them?
[6] What more shall I say to those who can ponder for days, if some foolish, vain worldling has looked at them across the street; and if they are reminded of Me because of such pondering, they get up angrily and turn their backs on the admonisher!
[7] But I speak here only of those who are yet to be spoken of; for I do not speak of the still worse worldly people. For these are the ones who always walk according to the course of the world and according to the prince of the world, who dwells in the air and rules in it, i.e. (according to the spirit!) who in this time especially has his work with the children of unbelief, under which they all walk in the lusts of their flesh and their worldly reason and therefore are already from birth, children of eternal wrath.
[8] So I do not speak to them, but to those who still count themselves as My children, but who, because of their petty worldly affairs, not infrequently do not place Me, the holy Father, higher in their hearts in spirit and in the complete truth of the day than an old, worn-out garment. Then I ask: What shall I say to them? Yes, I say, there will not be much more to say!
[9] But in order that something may be said, even if not as to Martha, I say nevertheless: As the work, so the reward! Like love, like it's prize!
[10] He who sacrifices more to the body than to Me, let him demand the reward from his body, so that it becomes dust and ashes! Whom the love and the applause of the world are so much more attractive than I – well, it is also all right with Me – he is content with that. But he can also be completely assured that I will never impose Myself on him!
[11] As the works, so will be the life! Who has such a great joy in death, that he does not fear to dig around in it day by day, let him then do what pleases him! In the end he shall also find his consolation in his joy according to his kind! But I will be pretty far away from it!
[12] I do not need to say more! But a time shall come very soon, in which such diligent servants of the world of both genders, will still experience thoroughly on this side what a "good reward" they have earned with their work! I will now say absolutely nothing more!
[13] Happy is he who will take these words to heart. But for the lukewarm one his near fate of being spit out of My mouth is already reserved for eternity. Amen. This says the holy, forgotten Father. Amen.