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Pascal's Heart

Blaise Pascal lived in the 17th century - in France.  He was a brillant man - a mathematician, physicist, inventor, writer and philosopher...but, most of all, he became a Christian and that became his passion.
He wrote the famous work "Pensees" - literally "thoughts" - which became his greatest work and demonstrated his love and commitment to Jesus Christ as his Savior and Lord.

After Pascal's death in 1662, they found something strange - on the inside of his coat, sewn into the fabric of the coat, and therefore laying on his heart was a piece of paper - neatly folded and obviously not taken out before.  
On it he recorded these words (and I'll add, there are different variations of these words)

Monday, 23 November…From about Half past Ten until about Half past Midnight.
FIRE...
"God of Abraham, God of Isaac, God of Jacob, not of the philosophers and scholars... 
Certainty, Certainty,  
Emotion, Joy, Peace,
God of Jesus Christ.'  My God and Your God.
Your God will be My God. 
Forgetfulness of the world and of everything, except God….
He is to be found only by the ways found in the Gospel. 
Grandeur of the Soul. 
Righteous Father, the world has not known you, but I have known you.
Joy, Joy, Joy, tears of joy.
This is eternal life, that they know you, the one true God, and the one
that you sent, Jesus Christ.     Jesus Christ.     Jesus Christ.
I left him; I fled him, renounced, crucified.     Let me never be separated from him.   He is only kept securely by the ways taught in the Gospel:
 Renunciation, total and sweet.     Complete submission to Jesus Christ and to my [Director] Teacher... 
Not to forget your words. Amen.


HE WROTE THE WORDS AND SEWED THEM INTO THE INSIDE OF HIS COAT NEXT TO HIS HEART, AND THEY FOUND THEM AFTER HE DIED.

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