39. She continues with the same subject

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39. She continues with the same subject, and recounts the great mercies which the Lord has show her. She tells of His promises to help those persons for whom she might pray, and some outstanding instances in which His Majesty has favoured her in this way

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A great chapter:

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vanity that is inseparable from all the things of this life.

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God considers a soul’s advancement and progress, but takes no account of time. One soul may have achieved more in six months than another in twenty years, since, as I have said, the Lord gives at His own pleasure, and to him who is readiest to receive.

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I wish therefore that we could remind ourselves of how long it is since we made our profession, or since we began to pray, though not for the purpose of distressing those who have made greater progress in a shorter time, and making them turn back to travel at our pace, or forcing those who are soaring like eagles, thanks to the favours that God has given them, to move like tethered hens. Let us rather fix our eyes on His Majesty and, if we see these souls to be humble, give them the reins. The Lord, who is showing them so many favours, will not let them fling themselves into the abyss. They themselves put their trust in God, and so the truth that their faith has taught them can be of assistance to them. Shall we not trust them too, therefore, and not try to measure them by our measure, which is fixed by our own meanness of spirit?

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This greatly helped me not to put much trust in anybody, since no one can be relied on except God.

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Afterwards I was amazed at having experienced this fire, which seemed to come from on high, from the true love of God.

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it is like the phoenix-bird, of which I have read; when he is burnt there rises from the ashes a new man. Thus the soul is transformed; its desires are changed, and its fortitude is increased.