Tell God all that is in
your heart
“Tell God all that is in your
heart, as one unloads one's heart,
Its pleasures and its pains, to
a dear friend. Tell Him your troubles,
that He may comfort you; tell
Him your joys, that He may sober them;
tell Him your longings, that He
may purify them; tell Him your dislikes,
that He may help you to conquer
them; talk to Him of your temptations,
that He may shield you from
them; show Him the wounds of your heart,
that He may heal them; lay bare
your indifference to good,
your depraved tastes for evil,
your instability.
Tell Him how self-love makes you
unjust to others,
how vanity tempts you to be
insincere,
how pride disguises you to
yourself as to others.
If you thus pour out all your
weaknesses, needs, troubles,
there will be no lack of what to
say.
You will never exhaust the
subject.
It is continually being renewed.
People who have no secrets from
each other never want for subjects of conversation.
They do not weigh their words,
for there is nothing to be held back;
neither do they seek for
something to say.
They talk out of the abundance
of the heart,
without consideration, just what
they think.
Blessed are they who attain to
such familiar, unreserved intercourse with God.”