The Sacred Relationship Between God And The Soul
The secret to spending your time on earth well, is to enter into the place where there is no time.
The relationship between God and the soul is sacred.
That’s why the devil is on a mission to do everything to deter a soul from strengthening and developing its sacred relationship with The Lord. Distractions, laziness, stagnation, and lukewarmness keep the soul at a “safe” distance from The Lord, preventing it from diving into the actual intimacy God calls us to have with Him.
Upon understanding that there is an enemy of your soul whose one goal is to destroy you, it is thus beneficial to ponder upon all the ways this attempted destruction might come into play in your life. What distractions might be placed in your midst that are keeping you from ascending to the heights of mystical union?
What noise in your life is preventing sweet silence from taking root in your soul? What bad habits are preventing you from cultivating full virtue? What negativity in your life is preventing you from dwelling in habitual joy?
It is necessary to root out anything that is keeping you from the sacredness that is the union between God and your soul. We will have to give an account to God for how we spend the time allotted to us on earth. The secret to spending your time on earth well, is to enter into the place where there is no time. In becoming unified to God, you are unified to He who dwells in Heaven, and you are thus given a taste of Heaven on earth. Therefore, your time on earth is spent dwelling with He whose Kingdom is outside of time, so your time on earth is spent well.
For those who do not cultivate a sacred relationship with The Lord, the fate that awaits them is nothing short of utterly frightful. “Not everyone that saith to Me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven: but He that doth the will of My Father who is in heaven, He shall enter into the kingdom of heaven.” - Matthew 7:21
The Will of The Father is for you to have a sacred relationship with the revelation of Him. Christ is the revelation of The Father. He is the God-man.
To meet The Father, you have to go through The Son. Christ is the bridge between fallen, sinful humanity and resurrected and restored humanity. To enter into Heaven one must be perfect. For those still needing purification from imperfections upon the time of death, they must pass through purgatory to be purged of any uncleanliness.
“Be you therefore perfect, as also your heavenly Father is perfect.” - Matthew 5:48
The call to perfection, includes striving for perfection in your relationship with Christ. Anything that is harming your relationship with The Lord, needs to be uprooted. We prioritize that which we care the most about. Above all else, we need to prioritize our relationship with The Lord.
“He answering, said: Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with thy whole heart, and with thy whole soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind: and thy neighbor as thyself.” - Luke 10:27
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“Many of the people who look forward to a long life put off doing good works, since they think that they will have plenty of time before they die. As for me, I prefer to be among those who consider that they have no time to lose if they wish to give God all the glory that they can before they die.” - Saint Margaret of Hungary
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