Do not be afraid of temptations

September 3
Jesus wants to agitate you, shake you, move you and screen you like wheat, so that your spirit reaches the cleanliness and purity he desires. Could wheat be stored in the barn if it is not clean of all kinds of tares or straw? Can linen be kept in the owner's drawer if it has not turned candid before? And so it must be also in the chosen soul.
I understand that it seems that temptations rather stain that purifies the spirit; but, it is by no means so. Let us listen to the language of the saints in relation to this; and it is enough for you to know what the great Saint Francis de Sales says, that temptations are like soap that, scattered on clothes, seems to make it dirty, but it really cleans it.
(April 11, 1914, Raffaelina Cerase - Ep. II, p. 68)

In our daily life we ​​are constantly encountering a diversity of temptations, some large, some small, some transitory, others insistent. And, nevertheless, we can verify at the same time that they are very few, and most of the times we do not fall into any, by the grace of God. This has to make you realize that the greater and stronger the temptations in your life, and how much more you have the ability to overcome them, without falling into them, pay attention, not to not have them, not to not experience them, but If you are not a prey to their networks, the more virtuous your soul is. You have the strength and grace to face them day by day, with the weapons of God. So, do not be afraid of temptations, fear the tempter who wants to make you fall, but be more aware of God's grace in your life, than of temptation, because grace gives you strength and skill so you can Continue your life on the path of peace. What would happen to us if God left us alone? We would succumb to the first. We would be safe prey to temptations, but as God is with us, we should fear nothing. This is how God uses to purify you, to beautify you and make you more like Him. God is preparing you and training you more and more so that you can witness his love, his faithfulness and his mercy for means of the purification that you are experiencing thanks to the temptations that you are constantly overcoming. Trust Him and He will act.
Pue. September 3, 2019
Peace and good