His Grace

Through His Grace are you redeemed. This does not mean that there are not times when you must exert effort. This is the paradox. Of yourself, you are nothing, and His Grace is required for you to return to Him. But there are times when effort is important for you, like when you encounter dry periods, dark nights of the soul, and you desperately desire to feel His Presence again. It is not that our efforts take us somewhere. Through our struggles we see that without His Grace, nothing can happen, and this helps us to surrender, to know that we cannot truly do anything of ourselves. Only by the ego being reduced to the small voice it truly is, by becoming like a child, can we enter Heaven.

It has come to my attention that many of you may not realize that this page is an extension of The Divine Speaks website, which has over 2050 statements on it. God will give you the "random" statement you need to hear at the time you need to hear it. It can be used for daily mediation/prayer, when you are uncertain of something, when you are angry --- anytime you need to hear His voice and know what He wants to tell you. May you use the site with the greatest of blessings.