The Book of
The True Life

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Scroll with the arrows to read the text From Teaching No. 308 7. I bless your sorrows and tears, beloved people, but I say to you that you have not yet learned to accept with love and resignation, the chalice of bitterness. 9. Do not forget that the merit does not consist in suffering, but rather in knowing how to suffer with love toward the Father, with faith and patience, in order to extract from that suffering the greatest benefit and the most profound lessons. If, in your trials, there was no love towards the will of your Father, you have not made any merit before Me. You have not known how to take advantage of the opportunity to elevate yourselves a little more, and therefore, you will have to pass through that ordeal again, which is necessary for your spirit. Your existence would be different if instead of arduously dragging your cross, you would advance along the pathway blessing your grief; then you would instantly feel as if an invisible hand touched you to remove from your lips the bitter cup. 10. Blessed is he who blesses the will of his Lord; blessed is he who blesses his own bitterness, knowing that it will cleanse his blemishes, because that is affirming his footsteps to ascend the spiritual mountain. 11. Not always will it be necessary that you drain the bitter cup to dregs, because it will be enough for Me to observe your faith, your obedience, your purpose and intention of obeying My mandate, so I will exempt you from facing that moment of greater harshness or ordeal. Remember that Abraham was asked for the life of his son Isaac, whom he loved deeply, and that the patriarch, overcoming his pain and passing over the love for the son, he prepared himself to sacrifice him in a test of obedience, of faith, of love and humbleness that you cannot yet conceive, but he was not permitted to consummate the sacrifice of the son, because deep within his heart he had proven his obedience before the divine will and that was enough. How great was the rejoicing of Abraham, when his hand was held by a superior force, impeding the sacrifice of Isaac! How he blessed the name of his Lord, and marveled at His wisdom! 13. How many ordeals you have rejected with your ignorance, without being aware of the light that they brought upon your spirit! How many lessons have come to an end because your unconformity, lack of faith or cowardice have not permitted it. 14. I am not saying that it is the pain that you should love; no, it is the peace, the happiness, it is the light that you should love, but since the pain, as the result of your imperfections, has come to your lips as a bitter cup of redemption, hurry it with patience and bless it, knowing that through it you may find your purification, as well as the revelation of many truths. 15. Men and women of little faith: Why does your courage weaken in the ordeals? Have you not ever seen how I hurry to raise the fallen, how I wipe the tears of the one who weeps, how I accompany the lonely and visit the sick? 16 Men and women, who have wept greatly in life, this lesson is dedicated to you. Meditate profoundly on it, and you will see what sweet consolation penetrates into your heart. A tiny light will kindle within your innermost being and a sensibility, that you have never experienced before, will surprise your dormant fibers, allowing you to feel My Spiritual presence, be it in your sorrows as well as in your happiness and your moments of peace.

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