"I know of my spiritual poverty, my own nothingness without faith. I am so
weak, that it is only by Christ???s name that I live and obtain peace, that
I rejoice and my heart expands, while without Him I am spiritually dead, I
am troubled, and my heart is oppressed. Without the Lord???s Cross I should
have been long since the victim of the most cruel distress and despair.
Only Christ keeps me alive; and the Cross is my peace and my consolation."
St. John of Kronstadt.
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"And because you are sons, God has sent forth the Spirit of His Son into
your hearts, crying out, ???Abba, Father!???" Galatians 4:6
Draw nigh unto God and He will draw nigh unto you.