In a spiritual mental image I saw especially, and anyone can see inwardly, that those having faith in the Lord and the insight of belief, the Lord takes care of in all things down to the very least, so that they have almost no care, but without knowing it find all things that are necessary and useful to their needs. Then all things succeed with them, and they are led to heavenly happiness. The more one trusts in oneself, the farther removed one is from the Lord. So by reliance on our own wisdom, we remove ourselves from the Lord, because to that degree we remove ourselves from faith. 1748, 8 July.