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If you want your dream to be, build it slow and surely. Small beginning, greater and heartfelt work grows purely.

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Welcome. This is David Russell in Your Faith Anew. Daily Reflections guiding you to live in the divine will. Today's reflection is from the Book of Heaven by the servant of God Louisa Picaretta, May fourth, nineteen oh six, volume seven. Let us begin in the will and name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. Lord Jesus, in moments when we feel abandoned or unloved, remind us of your hidden presence. Increase in us a love that does not depend on feeling, but chooses you above all things. May every tear we shed become an offering of love united with your divine will. Give us the grace to love you more, especially when we feel you less. Amen. Saint Paul writes in his second letter to the Corinthians chapter twelve verse nine. My grace is sufficient for you, for power is made perfect in weakness. The catechism of the Catholic Church teaches in paragraph twenty seven The desire for God is written in the human heart, because man is created by God and for God, and God never ceases to draw man to himself. Only in God will he find the truth and happiness he never stops searching for. Even in desolation, when the soul feels distant from God, the longing to love him more deeply reveals his hidden work within. What feels like absence often becomes the very place where love is purified and made stronger. Louisa writes I was very afflicted for not having seen my adorable Jesus clearly, with the addition that my thought was telling me that Jesus, who is my life, did not love me anymore. Oh God, what mortal pains my poor heart felt. I did not know what to do to free myself from this. I shed bitter tears, and to free myself I said he does not love me anymore, and out of spite that he does not love me anymore, I will love him more than before. After much hardship he came, bearing my tears on his face. I did not understand well why, but it seemed to me that since that thought had excited me and almost irritated me into loving him more, pleased with it, he would almost say to me What I do not love you I love you so much that I keep an account even of your tears, and I bear them on my face for my pleasure. Then afterwards he added, My daughter, I want you to be more precise, more exact, and to manifest everything in writing because you skip many things, even though you take them for yourself without writing them. But many things will serve others. On hearing this, I remain confused because in truth, I do this, and my repugnance to write is so great that only the miracles that obedience can do could conquer me, since of my own will I would not do good at writing a single comma. May everything be for the glory of God and to my confusion. This passage reveals a truth about love in the divine will. True love is not dependent on consolation, it is proven in fidelity. Louisa experiences what many souls encounter the painful thought that Jesus no longer loves her. This is not a simple emotional struggle, it is a deep spiritual trial. And yet her response is extraordinary. If he does not love me, I will love him more. This is the turning point. Instead of retreating into discouragement, she transforms the trial into an act of greater love. This is the essence of living in the divine will, choosing divine love even when human feeling fails. And what does Jesus reveal? That not only does he love her, but he treasures even her tears. He says he keeps an account of them. He bears them on his face. This is amazing. Every tear shed in love, every act of fidelity in darkness, every hidden offering, none of it is lost. In the divine will, even suffering becomes divine currency. What seemed like abandonment was actually an invitation, a call to a higher, purer love. And then comes the second lesson. Obedience and expression. Jesus asks Louisa to write everything, not for herself, but for others. Even her reluctance becomes part of her offering. This speaks directly to your mission. The life in the divine will is not meant to remain hidden. What God does in the soul is meant to serve the salvation of others. Your struggles, your perseverance, your hidden acts of love, when united with His will, become part of the restoration of creation. Even your tears are part of that work. Let us pray. Jesus, my love, when I feel distant from you, when my heart is burdened and my thoughts are troubled, give me the grace to love you more. Not because I feel you, but because you are worthy of all love. Take my tears, Lord, and unite them with yours. Count them, treasure them, and use them for the good of souls. Let every act of mine, every word, every thought, every suffering be written in your divine will as an eternal act of love. Remove from me the fear of being forgotten, for I know now that nothing offered in love is ever lost in you. Jesus, even in darkness I choose you. Amen. Thank you for joining your faith anew today. When love is tested, it's strengthened. When it is purified, it becomes divine. Do not be afraid of moments when God feels distant. These are often the moments when your love becomes most real, most powerful, and most united with His will. Until tomorrow, stay in His will, and your faith will be made anew.

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If you want your dream to be, build it slow and surely. Small beginning, greater and heartfelt work grows pure.