Our holy God lets temptations come upon those
who love Him in order to teach them the art of war. The grace of God withdraws
and then clouds of temptation rise and one reaches the point of saying,
"See! God has abandoned me!" Then he has myriads of thoughts,
strangulation of soul, and darkness and lapses everywhere!
Holy Wisdom, our holy God, causes all these,
and we learn that only God is able to save us and that without Go all our own
works are rubbish and chaff, which all scatter with the slightest wind of
temptation, and it becomes apparent that we are rusty things, feeble and unable
to face any temptation whatsoever without the aid of our hoi God's grace.
Through such things the grace of divine
providence teaches us the lesson of
self-knowledge; that is, of true cognizant, solid, bedrock humility; for
without it, it is impossible to build a spiritual house. He abandons us to
the point of despair, so that we are
compelled to cry out to Him mournfully and lamentably, so that our mouth and
hear may be sanctified.
Temptations, therefore, bring about all these
things. Indeed, let us pray that God will protect us from temptation; but when
they come, we must pass through them with patience and wisdom to profit from
them. Therefore, have patience in all things and thus save yourself.
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