42. A FAVOUR

God asked me for a favour.
I gave Him not what He wanted.
Can you imagine
  What He wanted from me?
He wanted to have
  All my ignorance.
I said to Him,
  “If I give You all my ignorance
What will I have on earth
  To live with and to live for?”

I asked God for a favour.
He gave me immediately what I wanted.
He gave me
  His Infinity’s Love,
  Eternity’s height
      And
  Immortality’s life.
He shared with me His supreme Secret:
That real joy is in self-giving.