The Lord bless you and keep you. And an imperceptible inner transformation, a transfiguration of our being, continues our whole life long. Present your prayer to him but do not shout as if he were far away. He is in your very depths. We must not measure the reality of love by feelings, but by results.
Feelings are very delusive.
They often depend on mere natural temperament, and the devil wrests them to our hurt. A glowing imagination is apt to seek itself rather than God. But if you are earnest in striving to serve and endure for God's sake, if you persevere amid temptation, dryness, weariness, and desolation, you may rest assured that your love is real.