"For that same Kind that Heaven shall be filled with behoveth needs, of God's rightfulness, so to have been knit and oned to Him, that therein was kept a Substance which might never, nor should, be parted from Him; and that through His own Good Will in His endless foreseeing purpose."
Julian of Norwich (ch. 53)
We have been so knit and united or oned to God in our creation, that there is a Substance in us that is in permanent union with God and cannot be separated from Him. And if this deepest substance of our being is created in oneness with God so that it is kept always one with God cannot be separated from God, this deepest substance of our being is holy and good through its oneness with the holy and good God. This beautiful work of oneing and keeping was done by God through His good will, and we thus by our oneness with God have in our substance a good and godly will, too. We see that our substance is good because it is one with and sourced in God, for our inner substance is our spirit that is one with God's Spirit. We don't have to feel that we are rotten or bad or that the only good thing in us is God, with everything else in us being bad. This inner created substance in us IS us, and it IS good with God's goodness. We can truly say that we are good in our depths and that God is keeping our inner goodness safe in Him always through the beautiful oneing He has made between us and Himself. Even if we forget who we truly are or act contrary to who we are, God never forgets who we are and always holds onto our inner substance, our true identity, keeping it safe and unchanged in oneness with Him. What a relief to know that even if we get lost from knowing or living out of our true identity, God never loses us, God is always keeping us. We can never be lost from the One we are joined to forever!
"But it is the spirit in a person, the breath of the Almighty, that gives understanding."
Job 32:8 (NCV)
A Prayer: I love knowing the deepest part of me is one with You always and good in You always!