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Our natural Will is to have God, and the Good Will of God is to have us; and we may never cease from willing nor from longing till we have Him in fullness of joy: and then may we no more desire.

Julian of Norwich

The Elements of Prayer|Its ground: God, by whose goodness it springeth in us. |Its use: to turn our will to His will. |Its end: to be made one with Him and like to Him in all things.
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Element End God Himself Prayer Spring
Our Lord God shewed that a deed shall be done, and Himself shall do it, and I shall do nothing but sin, and my sin shall not hinder His Goodness working.
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God Goodness Ourselves Sin Work
All that is contrary to love and peace is of the Fiend and of his part.
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Himself Love Peace
That love of God is hard and marvelous. It cannot and will not be broken because of our sins.
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Break God Love Ourselves Sin
A great thing shall I make hereof in Heaven of endless worship and everlasting joys.
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End Greatness Heaven Joy Myself Worship
It is most impossible that we should beseech mercy and grace, and not have it.
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Grace Impossible Mercy
God, of thy goodness, give me Thyself; for Thou art enough for me, and I can ask for nothing less that can be full honor to Thee. And if I ask anything that is less, ever Shall I be in want, for only in Thee have I all.
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Art Enough God Myself Respect
He willeth to be perceived; and His appearing shall be swiftly sudden; and He willeth to be trusted. For He is full gracious and homely: Blessed may He be!
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Grace Himself Home Trust
We need to fall, and we need to be aware of it; for if we did not fall, we should not know how weak and wretched we are of ourselves, nor should we know our Maker’s marvellous love so fully.
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Fall Love Ourselves Weakness
Because of the Shewing I am not good but if I love God the better: and in as much as ye love God the better, it is more to you than to me.
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Better God Goodness Love Myself
He [Jesus] did not say, ‘You will never have a rough passage, you will never be over-strained, you will never feel uncomfortable,’ but he did say, ‘You will never be overcome.
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Comfortable Feeling Himself Yourself
Pray, even if you feel nothing, see nothing. For when you are dry, empty, sick or weak, at such a time is your prayer most pleasing to God, even though you may find little joy in it. This is true of all believing prayer.
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Believe Empty Feeling Joy Prayer Sick True Weakness Yourself
God is our clothing, that wraps, clasps and encloses us so as to never leave us.
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Clothes God Leaving Ourselves
We are in God and God whom we do not see is in us.
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God Ourselves See
God willeth that we endlessly hate the sin and endlessly love the soul, as God loveth it.
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End God Hate Love Sin
Truth sees God, and wisdom contemplates God, and from these two comes a third, a holy and wonderful delight in God, who is love.
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God Happiness Holy Truth Wisdom Wonderful

Our natural Will is to have God, and the Good Will of God is to have us; and we may never cease from willing nor from longing till we have Him in fullness of joy: and then may we no more desire.

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Our natural Will is to have God, and the Good Will of God is to have us; and we may never cease from willing nor from longing till we have Him in fullness of joy: and then may we no more desire.

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