Our activity should consist in placing ourselves in a state of susceptibility to Divine impressions, and pliability to all the operations of the Eternal Word. Jeanne Guyon (1648 – 1717)
Jeanne Guyon Quote – “You will still fulfill your required duties…”
These dealings of God in your life lead you to true freedom. This freedom, however, does not lead you into irresponsibility. You will still fulfill your required duties. This freedom will bring you to doing the things that God desires of you. After all, you have discovered you are in God. Jeanne Guyon (1648 – 1717)
Jeanne Guyon Quote – “Being overly concerned with your faults…”
Being overly concerned with your faults is worse for your spiritual condition than the fault itself. Jeanne Guyon (1648 – 1717)
Jeanne Guyon Quote – “The soul needs to discover what is inside…”
The very discovery of these hidden things is in itself a purifying experience! The soul needs to discover what is inside. The self nature needs to see what it really is, and what it is like, right to the very bottom. Jeanne Guyon (1648 – 1717)
Jeanne Guyon Quote – “Set aside all reflection…”
Set aside all reflection, for you will find it hard to reason about how God leads you. If you are determined to pursue reasoning you may become very good at it and convince yourself to follow your own way. Or worse, you will reason that you are following God. Jeanne Guyon (1648 – 1717)
Jeanne Guyon Quote – “The boundless sea has absorbed the river…”
The boundless sea has absorbed the river and its limited waters. Now the river shares in all that the sea has. The sea carries the river along; the river cannot carry itself along. The river has become one with the sea. No, the river does not have all the qualities of the sea, but it is, nonetheless, in the sea. […]
