【作者】Eileen Caddy
【翻譯】熊倩涵
【編輯】顏士寶
When you choose to do My will and walk in My ways, you have to do it whole heartedly, no matter what it may mean. You have to take the rough with the smooth when learning that vital lesson of instant obedience to My will. Only when you give all will you receive all. In this spiritual life you cannot pick out all the plums and leave the cake; it is all or nothing. Many souls like to choose the parts in this life that appeal to them and to ignore those parts that do not comply with their baser desires. Doing so is not living a spiritual life; it is picking and choosing what you want to do, not what I require of you. You cannot expect things to work out for you if that is your attitude. I need your total surrender and dedication before I can work wonders and miracles in and through you. Now that you know, why not do something about it? 當我選擇去實踐上天的意願，行在上天的道路上時，我需要全心全意地這樣去做，無論這可能意味著什麼。當我學習對上天的意願即刻遵從的重要功課時，我必須苦樂均愛。只有當我給出一切時，我才會收穫一切。在這靈性生活中，我不能挑三揀四；它要嘛是全部，要嘛就沒有。
有很多靈魂喜歡選擇在這生活中對他們有吸引力的部分，並忽略那些和他們的底層慾望不一致的部分。這樣做，並不是活出靈性生活；這是在揀選我想做的，而不是上天需要我去做的。如果這是我的態度，我無法期待事情會為我順利運作。在上天能對我從內至外運作奇蹟與神蹟之前，上天需要我完全的臣服與奉獻。現在，我既然知道了，為什麼不對此做些什麼呢？
