“Raise your eyes to God again and again to see if your actions and ways are right in His eyes. Above all, be careful not to let go of His hand” (St. Francis de Sales).
This advice of St. Francis de Sales can become a good habit for us, leading to a living dialogue with our Father. We can also ask Him concretely and with a free heart if there is anything between Him and us, and if so, ask Him to show it to us. Our Father will answer us and help us to remove any obstacles so that love can flow freely. In this way a deeper relationship of trust will emerge, marked by an increasing naturalness, and any fears we may still have will disappear.
Thanks to God the Father’s Message to Sister Eugenia Ravasio, we know how important it is for Him to cultivate this intimate relationship with us, the familiarity of love. St Francis’ advice is a concrete application of the words of the Psalm: “Search me, O God, and know my heart! Try me and know my thoughts! And see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting!” (Ps 139:23-24).
Finally, the saint adds the urgent exhortation never to let go of the Father’s trustworthy hand. This means that we must always return to Him when discord has arisen through our own fault, and not continue to be carried away by it or allow it to gain ground. The sooner we take God’s hand again, the sooner the former unity will be restored and may even deepen if we show repentance and admit our error.