I

Man has experienced My warmth, man has truly served Me, and man has truly submitted before Me, doing everything for Me in My presence. Yet this is unachievable by people today; they do nothing but weep in their spirit as if they've been snatched by a hungry wolf, and they can only look at Me with longing helplessness, crying out to Me without cease. But in the end, they are unable to escape their predicament. In the past, people made promises in My presence, swearing on heaven and earth in My presence to repay My kindness with their affection. They wept bitterly before Me, and the sound of their cries was heartbreaking, hard to bear. Because of their resolve, I would often provide aid to people.

II

Countless times, people have come before Me to submit to Me, their lovely manner hard to forget. Countless times, they have loved Me, unwavering in their loyalty, their earnestness admirable. Countless times, they've loved Me to the point of sacrificing their very lives, they've loved Me more than their own selves—and seeing their sincerity, I've accepted their love. Countless times, they've offered themselves up in My presence, for My sake indifferent in the face of death, and I have smoothed the worry from their brows and carefully taken stock of their countenances. There have been countless times where I have loved them like a cherished treasure, and there have been countless times where I have hated them as My own enemy. Nonetheless, what's in My mind remains beyond man's grasp.

III

When people are sad, I come to comfort them, and when they are weak, I come to help them along. When they are lost, I give them direction. When they cry bitterly, I wipe away their tears. But when I am sad, who can comfort Me with their hearts? When I am worried sick, who's considerate of My heart? When I am sorrowful, who can remedy the wounds in My heart? When I need someone, who volunteers to cooperate with Me? Can it be that people's former attitude toward Me is now lost, never to return? Why is it that nothing of it remains in their memories? How is it that people have forgotten all these things? Is this not all because of mankind's corruption by his enemy?

from The Word, Vol. 1. The Appearance and Work of God. God's Words to the Entire Universe, Chapter 27