True Devotion giving for eternity question

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I have a question on this section on the part highlighted in bold.
  1. This devotion consists in giving oneself entirely to Mary in order to belong entirely to Jesus through her. It requires us to give:
(1) Our body with its senses and members;

(2) Our soul with its faculties;

(3) Our present material possessions and all we shall acquire in the future;

(4) Our interior and spiritual possessions, that is, our merits, virtues and good actions of the past, the present and the future.

In other words, we give her all that we possess both in our natural life and in our spiritual life as well as everything we shall acquire in the future in the order of nature, of grace, and of glory in heaven. This we do without any reservation, not even of a penny, a hair, or the smallest good deed.** And we give for all eternity without claiming or expecting, in return for our offering and our service, any other reward than the honour of belonging to our Lord through Mary and in Mary, even though our Mother were not** - as in fact she always is - the most generous and appreciative of all God’s creatures.

Why are we giving for all eternity?
 
Could you clarify exactly what your difficulty or uncertainty about the idea is?

For instance, are you concerned with the totality of the offering itself, or with the idea that it would continue in heaven rather than ceasing upon one’s death, or with the very idea of the human soul entering “eternity”, or what?
 
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Could you clarify exactly what your difficulty or uncertainty about the idea is?

For instance, are you concerned with the totality of the offering itself, or with the idea that it would continue in heaven rather than ceasing upon one’s death, or with the very idea of the human soul entering “eternity”, or what?
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Why it would continue for eternity? Just some clarification on what this means.
 
I think the gift is for eternity because we are giving all that we have right now as well as all the gifts and possessions our Lord has planned for us in the future and in eternity. I believe the gifts from our Lord continue after our earthly death.
 
I can only say that in Heaven for all eternity we will be giving all glory, laud and honor to Our Lord; and when somebody prays for us while we are in Heaven, the accidental glory that is our due is not claimed by us – neither are the fruits and benefits of our great love for God – as they have already been given to Mary at our consecration. God bless you.
 
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