Meditate | In Both Summer and Winter

“And in that day it shall be that living waters shall flow from Jerusalem, half of them toward the eastern sea and half of them toward the western sea; in both summer and winter it shall occur. And the LORD shall be King over all the earth. In that day it shall be—‘The LORD is one,’ and His name one (Zechariah 14:8-9).”

“Regenerate people go back and forth between having no charity at one time and some charity at another. This is clear to see because everyone, even a person reborn, has nothing but evil inside; all goodness is the Lord’s alone. Since the regenerate have nothing but evil inside, they cannot help seesawing, living now in a kind of summer (in charity) and now in winter (no charity). These cycles exist to bring them into increasing perfection and so into increasing happiness (Secrets of Heaven 935 {2}).”

What I take from this, is that the Lord is king over my whole life, no matter what it may look or feel like. His love is spreading out in two directions at once. This is true whether I feel it or not. The Lord is one. I may be two (living from love at one moment, and then acting out of fear the next), but he remains unchanged. What grace! 

Comments

[Chelsea]

Oh my goodness! I remember reading this passage a while back. Man is it good to read it again. It blew my mind the first time and rocked me again this time! It is just nothing less than complete mercy that a person can be regenerate and still vacillate between having charity and not having any. It reminds me that if I am ever beating myself up about not feeling charitable that impulse is certainly not coming from the Lord, who even understands when angels go through states lacking charity, and loves them no less for it--but instead sees them being perfected by it! So awesome.

[Alanna]

Yeah, I thought you would like this one! It is so good and so true. Blessed be!