05-07

In people who are being reborn, the Lord implants the
heavenly qualities of love and the spiritual qualities of faith
not all at once but gradually. When these qualities turn
our rational mind into something that is open to receiv-
ing them, we are first reborn—largely through inner struggles
in which we win. When this happens, the moment
is ripe for us to shed our old self and put on a new one.
—Secrets of Heaven 2625:5