God reveals Himself to the pure of heart, and through them He blesses others that are receptive. These little streams which water others flow from the Fountain who is the Lord Himself. It is the Fountain alone that determines which way the streams will go. It is the nature of God to want to share Himself. God would cease to be God if He stopped sharing and revealing Himself through love to the pure in heart. As air rushes to fill a vacuum, so God will fill you when you are emptied of self.
The apostle John was perhaps the best prepared of any of the apostles to receive the Word incarnate within him. It is on the bosom of Jesus - lying close to the heart of Christ - that John learned the heights and depths of divine love. It was because of this that Jesus, from the cross, could commit his mother to John's care. He knew the heart of John would give her a place to stay. God communicates Himself in proportion to how you are prepared to receive Him. In this same proportion you are transformed by Him into His image.
How deep is God's love! He gives Himself to those who have made a place in their hearts for Him. He becomes their end, their fullness, their everything.
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