would
prompt,
I
turn
away
from
God,
and
I
turn
towards
created
things
more
or
less
according
to
the
strength
or
weakness
of
my
action.
If,
being
turned
towards
the
creature,
I
wish
to
return
to
God,
I
must
commit
the
action
of
turning
away
from
the
creature,
and
turning
towards
God
;
and
thus
the
more
perfect
is
this
action,
the
more
complete
will
be
the
conver-sion.
Until
I
am
perfectly
converted,
I
need
several
actions
to
turn
me
towards
God.
Some
are
done
all
at
once,
others
gradually;
but
my
action
ought
to
lead
me
to
turn
to
God,
employing
all
the
strength
of
my
soul
for
Him,
as
it
is
written,
"
Therefore
even
now,
saith
the
Lord,
turn
ye
even
to
me
with
all
your
heart''
(Joel
ii.
12).
*'Thou
shalt
return
unto
the
Lord
thy
God
with
all
thine
heart
and
with
all
thy
soul"
(Deut.
xxx.
2).
God
only
asks
for
our
heart
:
"
My
son,
give
me
thy
heart,
and
let
thine
eyes
observe
my
ways"
(Prov.
xxiii.
26).
To
give
the
heart
to
God
is
to
have
its
gaze,
its
strength,
and
its
vigour
all
centred
in
Him,
to
follow
His
will.
We
must,
then,
after
we
have
applied
to
God,
remain
always
turned
towards
Him.
