You ask me if God thinks of you, if He looks upon you with love? Yes, God thinks of you, even of the smallest strand of hair on your head; this is an article of faith, and you should have no doubts about it whatsoever. That God also looks upon you with love, you have no reason to doubt. Don't you know that He looks with love even upon the worst and the most horrible sinners in the world? This holds true even though they have no real desire to be converted. Tell me now, have you not the intention of belonging completely to God and of serving Him faithfully? And who is it that gives you this desire and this intention, if not God Himself with His loving care? You do no need to see if you are pleasing to your own heart, but if the heart of God is pleasing to you. Now, if you give the matter some thought, how can you help but love God?
(Letters 1402; O. XVIII, p. 170)
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