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About name's day
28th May 1847
From a letter to Wilhelmine Huttenbrenner:
1. I turned to the Lord for you, to get a holy word from Him for you. But this time, at least for this moment or especially for this day, He could not be persuaded at all. But after a while, He said:
2. “What do you, silly fool, always want to use Me for a name's day congratulator? Why should name's day always be intended to give you congratulatory side-words for your girls? I don't want to talk about birthdays of the body, but what do I care about your stupid name's days? I have already told you once that I cannot stand earthly name's days, and yet you come to Me again with such things!
3. What is a name day? Behold, this is the prime vanity day – for the parents first, since they do not know at all what most beautiful name they should have their child baptized into; and then for the child, too, when he once has so much power of perception as to see the beauty of his name.
4. So do not come anytime soon to Me again with such a prime vanity day, otherwise I will congratulate you, and not in the gentlest way! Remember that for the time being, so that you may know how to behave in the future, when again somewhere a name's day should be coming on.
5. Otherwise I might have given you words on such days, too, because of your good-natured stupidity; but there the "ten letters (*1)" of the main work were not yet revealed. But now that they are revealed, I demand of you as of every one for whom they are revealed, a precise consideration of what you come to Me for.
6. But I don't want to be harder about it, I just want to be more precise. And so I will certainly give the little daughter of A.H.-W. something on another occasion, too, which will probably come in handy for him. But now for the name's day I give absolutely nothing, except My everyday, certain grace of life.
7. But besides this I also demand in the future of everyone who wants to have special advice or consolation from Me that he first turns to Me in complete earnest in his heart – and not to you, as if you are an arbitrary dispenser of My graces and only needed to say to Me: “Lord, do this and do that and I would then have to dance to your tune – because then it would come out halfway.
8. Oh that I do no longer, but from now on you must let Me draw you away from Me, if you yourself want to go progress. But if you or anyone else wants something more closely revealed from the word, then I am still the same, always willing giver. But only no more name's day congratulations!
9. So something for your client next time when she will therefore approach Me quite earnestly first and I Myself will then call on you and urge you to it – but not otherwise! Now remember that once and for all! Amen. Understand that well! Amen.”
10. See why I could on this occasion not be anything but a real tough cleaner of the dear, best Lord! But do take this to heart quite seriously, if you want something from the Lord!
11. If you ask Him beforehand in a very heartfelt way, He will surely give you something. But for this time you must be content with My good will for the work, as I am with my cardinal cleaner.
12. If you want something from the highest Spirit of God, then follow My advice. But consider Me as a mute instrument that is always ready to serve everyone in the name of the Lord. This is what your friend and brother in the Lord, Jakob Lorber, says to you, remembering your name's day well in your heart.