Grace

Disciple:

But how shall I be able to break this Creaturely Will which is in me, and is at Enmity with the Divine Will? Or, what shall I do to follow Christ in so difficult a Path, and not to faint in a continual Course of Self-Denial and Resignation to the Will of God?

Master:

This is not to be done by thyself, but by the Light and Grace of God received into thy Soul, which will if thou gainsay not, break the Darkness that is in thee, and melt down thine own Will, which worketh in the Darkness and Corruption of Nature, and bring it into the Obedience of Christ, whereby the Partition of the Creaturely Self is removed from betwixt God and thee.

Disciple:

I know that I cannot do it of myself. But I would fain learn how I must receive this Divine Light and Grace into me... What is then required of me in order to admit this Breaker of the Partition?

Master:

There is nothing more required of thee at first, than not to resist this Grace, which is manifested in thee... but to be obedient and passive to the Light of God shining through the Darkness of thy Creaturely Being, which comprehendeth it not...

©1999 by Deb Platt