Thanks be to God for his indescribable gift! 2 Corinthians 9:15
“With God, the more one seems to lose the more one gains. The more He strikes off of what is natural, the more He gives of what is supernatural. He is loved at first for His gifts, but when these are no longer perceptible He is at last loved for Himself. It is by the apparent withdrawal of these sensible gifts that He prepares the way for that great gift which is the most precious and the most extensive of all, since it embraces all others. Souls which have once for all submitted themselves to the divine action, ought to interpret everything favourably. Yes, everything!”
Jean-Pierre De Caussade (1675-1751) in Adandonment to Divine Providence, excerpt from Book 2, Chapter 4, Section 3: “The Generosity of God” (Grand Rapids: CCEL) 96.
This was interesting reading.
While God’s gifts are wonderful, nothing compares to the most precious, indescribable gift of God Himself. The only way to discover this is to this is to let go of everything. The world thinks you will end up empty and the irony is that you end up enriched.
Let go of what is natural to take hold of that which is supernatural. Frankly, I have learned this from my wife, whose deepest love relationship is not with me but with our Lord Jesus Christ.