HE KEEPS ALL THAT Is MADE He showed me a little thing, the size of a hazelnut, in the palm of my hand, and it was as round as a ball. I looked at it with my mind's eye and I thought, 'What can this be?' And answer came, 'It is all that is made: I marvelled that it could last, for I thought it might have crumbled to nothing, it was so small. And the answer came into my mind, 'It lasts and ever shall because God loves if And all things have being through the love of God. In this little thing I saw three truths. The first is that God made it. The second is that God loves it. The third is that God looks after it. What is he indeed that is maker and lover and keeper? I cannot find words to tell. For until I am one with him I can never have true 254 CHRISTIANITY rest nor peace. I can never know it until I am held so close to him that there is nothing in between.
HE KEEPS ALL THAT Is MADE
He showed me a little thing, the size of a
hazelnut, in the palm of my hand, and it was
as round as a ball. I looked at it with my
mind's eye and I thought, 'What can this be?'
And answer came, 'It is all that is made: I
marvelled that it could last, for I thought it
might have crumbled to nothing, it was so
small. And the answer came into my mind, 'It
lasts and ever shall because God loves if And
all things have being through the love of God.
In this little thing I saw three truths. The
first is that God made it. The second is that
God loves it. The third is that God looks after it.
What is he indeed that is maker and lover
and keeper? I cannot find words to tell. For
until I am one with him I can never have true
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rest nor peace. I can never know it until I am
held so close to him that there is nothing in
between.
Often, however, we attempt to thwart the love
of God. Instead of building good and wholesome
relationships, we opt to be destructive and selfish.
St. Paul explains how Christians believe that the
death of Jesus makes it possible to overcome our
destructive tendencies, and rediscover the true
purpose of all life - the quest for love.
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to accumulate great wealth
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to be able to speak eloquently
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to be one with God
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to be full of humility
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The paragraph mentioned above is about theological beliefs of Julian of Norwich that havd been explained in the book 'Revelations of Divine Love' .
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