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And Elias came thither unto a cave, and lodged there;
and, behold, the word of the Lord came to him,
and He said unto him:
"What dost thou here, Elias?"

And he said:

"I have been very jealous for the Lord, the God of hosts;
for the children of Israel have forsaken Thy covenant,
thrown down Thine altars,
and slain Thy prophets with the sword;
and I, even I only, am left;
and they seek my life, to take it away."

And He said:

"Go forth, and stand upon the mount before the Lord."
And, behold the Lord passed by,
and a great and strong wind rent the mountains,
and broke in pieces the rocks before the Lord;
but the Lord was not in the wind;
and after the wind an earthquake;
but the Lord was not in the earthquake;
and after the earthquake a fire;
but the Lord was not in the fire;
and after the fire a still small voice.

III Kings 19, 9 -12

Save me, O God, for the waters are come in even unto the soul.
I am sunk in deep mire, where there is no standing;
I am come into deep waters and the flood overwhelmeth me.
I am weary with my crying, my throat is hoarse,
Mine eyes fail, while I wait for my God.

- Psalm 68, 2-4

When the spirit loses itself and is merged with Godhood pure and simple, then all its grandeur and perfection must not be interpreted as the transformation of its earthly substance into Godhood, as if its very self were God ... but it is due to the losing of itself to what it beholds ... Then God has become all things to the spirit, and for the spirit; all things, as it were, have become God. For all things give reply to it in their capacity of being in God, and yet each thing remains what it is by nature.

- Bl. Henry Suso