We hold Him, but still we reverently bow before Him and feel like John in Patmos when He wrote, "When I saw Him, I fell at His feet as dead." Well spoke one of old, to whom it was said, "You cannot see Christ and live." "Then," replied the saint, "let me see Him and die." And we would say the same, for, whatever happens to us, we wish for a sight of Him! I have read of one who cried, under the overpowering weight of Divine manifestations, "Stop, Lord! Stop! I am but an earthen vessel and if You fill me fuller, I will perish." Had I been in his place, I think I would not have spoken quite as he did, but I would have said, "Go on, Lord, with the blessed manifestation of Yourself!
23Pagkarinig niya ng mga bagay na ito, lubha siyang nagdalamhati sapagkat napakayaman niya. 24Nakita ni Jesus na siya ay lubhang nagdalamhati. Sa pagkakita niya, kaniyang sinabi: Napakahirap para sa kanilang may kayamanan ang makapasok sa paghahari ng Diyos. 25Ang dumaan sa butas ng isang karayom ay higit na madali para sa isang kamelyo kaysa sa isang lalaking mayaman na makapasok sa paghahari ng Diyos.