little gems from the book "He and I"

The book "He and I" by Gabrielle Bossis is a collection of journals she wrote over a 14-year period from 1936 to 1950. Gabrielle was a well-known stage actress/playwright in France, had several homes, and traveled extensively (not your "typical" mystic). She was unsure of the Voice she kept hearing - was she imagining this or was it really the Lord? Circumstances and events allowed her to conclude it was real. It changed her life. This remarkable book has changed my life too. There is a promise in the book that "every reader too will receive the same measure of grace . . and . . all will become members of one united family; the family of my intimate friends".

I'm tempted to transcribe the book in its entirety, but you would not read it, and I do not have that kind of time. So I have culled a few of the more outstanding little gems this book has to offer. 15 of these to these are plenty to ponder. I could make each one into a prayer time.

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"Each soul is my favorite" says the Voice. . . "I choose some to reach others."

"Don't get the idea that a saint is a saint at every moment."

"Wake up to your power over me."

"I answer every prayer."

"Look at Me more often."

"Don't ever be afraid to pronounce My Name."

"I am here with treasures. If you don't ask Me for them, how can I give them to you?"

"What are you but a heap of good intentions?"

"You don't ask Me for enough."

"You have everything you need to perfect the Gabrielle I dreamed of in creating you." (insert your own name here)

"Always speak well of others."

"Don't be afraid; be daring. We're together, you and I."

"By yourself you are chaos. Do you fully realize this?"

"It's in the evening of your life that you'll begin to live, just when you think you are going to die."

"There is more of Me in you than you."