It is the Lord who desires to continue the process of building His temple within our souls. All that the soul needs to do is be watchful and allow God to do the rest. The soul desires the presence of the Lord to invade its being. This time of purification is long and the waiting makes the soul thirsty with tremendous longing. Besides the roots of sin abide in the memory and the heart thoughts, desires, and images of the world, the devil, and the flesh.
Evil has a way of blending itself among the wheat of the field.
The Lord allows this to remain until the harvest. Yet in the mean time the soul must be the greater vigilant lest it fall. Infidelity comes from a lack of humility that recognizes the favor of the Lord. The shade of darkness that linger within the recesses of one s being help the soul to remain vigilant, watchful, and always grateful for the many blessings of the Lord. Without the Lord s help the soul knows how easily it gets distracted and can fall into many imperfections.