Our salvation starts when we let the Lord interfere in our life and ends when we no longer meddle in it, but we let Him decide. Our salvation starts when we are opening the Lord the door of our heart and ends when He becomes the Lord of our life, when every second is dedicated to Him, under his rule. A Christian life without entrusting it to the Lord, doesn’t lead anywhere.

Hosting the Lord in our heart means a change, a transformation of our whole life. It means that our life is changing master and with it, its meaning also changes. My salvation and your salvation begins when God “moves” in our heart. It begins when our heart changes its master, denies the devil and his ways leaving place for the Holy Spirit, becoming the home of God. Oh, how sweet and quiet becomes life when the Lord becomes tenant of our heart!

(Translated from Preot Iosif Trifa, Mai lângă Domnul meu, Editura Oastea Domnului, Sibiu, 2003, p. 36)