March 6, 2014

          “I have given the world the gift of passion.  When a soul discovers something he delights in, he runs after it in a fury of passion.  He excels; he is moved to heroic deeds; his ardor and zeal are evident to all.  The Olympic athletes are a beautiful example of passion – of giving all to attain all.

          The world has passionate followers excelling in a variety of endeavors.  They award each other for their passionate pursuits and revel in the glory of deeds accomplished.  Artists, composers, engineers, actors – they all have a great passion in their work.

          Since I created passion, I also must have a passion.  My Passion was accomplished on earth when I died for the sins of the world.  I lived every moment of My existence on earth pursuing My Passion – the redemption of man.  My Passion was completely unselfish and other-oriented.  I did not pursue My Passion for My own glory or honor.  My motivation was love.  I love the men of earth.  They are My Passion.

          O souls, whom I love so passionately, do you passionately love Me in return?  Do you think of Me, pursue My will, live with Me, and run in the way of My commandments?  Am I your passion?

          In Scripture, I stated that lukewarm souls make Me want to vomit them out of My mouth.  Is it any wonder?  In My Passion for souls, in the pain and suffering I endured for love of them, how can I endure such limpid lukewarmness?  Rejection would be more tolerable than an ungrateful lukewarmness.

          Observe the canonized saints.  They were passionately in love with Me.  They did not follow Me half-heartedly.  They were fervent, responsive, dedicated, unselfish, and passionate in their love of Me.  And I passionately loved them in return.

          My beautiful souls of earth, fall passionately in love with Me and I will bring heaven to earth in your soul.”

Jesus,

Passionate Lover

March 1, 2014

          “Heaven will open to you when you sit alone with Me in the silence and completely abandon yourself to Me.  Holiness lies in obedience and trustful self-surrender, realizing you can do nothing of yourself.  I have asked My little ones to become children again.  Children are trusting, pure, innocent and loving.  Children do not make future plans.  They live in the present.  They do not worry about the future.  They do not intellectualize or reason things out – they merely trust and follow willingly the hand that reaches out to them.

          My most beautiful friends have been the most child-like in heart.  They are so easy to be with and so delightful in their pure innocence.  It is difficult to deal with a proud, cynical person.  Frankly, it tires Me.  It is a constant push and pull and there is no truce.  On the other hand, My little trusting children follow obediently without questioning.  What peace this brings to our time together!

          Then there are My child lovers, those that are smitten by Me.  They never get over our love affair and use every moment inventing ways to please and charm Me.  How kindly I look upon these icons of gracious love!  What a balm they are to My heart!  Their perfume rises before Me continually and I rush to them when I need refreshment and rest.  They are not always asking Me for things.  They want to wait on Me, to comfort Me.  They understand My tired and wounded heart, rejected by the world.  They are not constantly thinking up heroic acts to perform to impress Me.  They are happy to sit with Me, to smile at Me, to forget themselves and their needs in My presence.  They have truly died to self and now live in Me.

          Life lived in the Spirit’s embrace is not an extravagant spectacle.  It is hidden, lowly, unknown, quiet, peaceful, and pure.  These are My little children, quietly living out their days wrapped in My loving embrace.  I created this earth for them.”

Jesus,

Lover of My Little Ones

February 26, 2014

          “The heavens cannot contain the majesty and glory of God without pouring themselves out upon the earth in great and regal splendor.  The glory of the sun shining on the earth giving life and light to all is the image of the generous and refulgent God who continually keeps man in existence.  Who delves into the mysteries of the all-embracing, all-encompassing Creator of the universes?  This gift is open to all – to plumb the depths of God – but few men of earth recognize or acknowledge their Creator.  God reveals Himself in everything that He has so lovingly created.  Creation shouts out the existence of a thoughtful Creator.  Each animal, each plant is a masterpiece of great beauty, intricately designed by a loving hand.

          God has lavished the earth with His gifts of beauty.  The ocean alone is a prodigy of inestimable riches.  The earth provides food to nourish man, flowers to adorn its surface, animals to accompany man on his journey, the winds to move the beautiful trees in a joyful dance …

          How beautiful God is!  His creation is an imprint of His delicate artistry and sensitivity.  God fills the earth with His wondrous beauty!  The heaven of heavens cannot contain your resplendent God!  Only your Jesus can reveal His heart to you in a way that you can understand.  Jesus came to earth to reveal this hidden God-Artist.  Jesus leads all souls to His Father’s arms of love.

          Love God, children of earth, for He loves you beyond your comprehension.  Let Him fill you with His beauty and life.  Let Him draw you to Himself.  He longs to live His God-life on earth in you to bless and comfort His wayward children.  Will you be the loving and obedient child that will bless His heart and give Him the greatest joy?  Please love God.  Forget all else to love God.”

Jesus,

Lover of God

September 25, 2014

          “My realm of existence is beyond your imagination.  I hear your words and your thoughts in every moment of your existence.  As you ask, I give to you all that you need to be perfected into another Christ on earth.  This is My will for you – your sanctification.  This is My delight – your holiness.  As you surrender your earthly existence into My hands, I create a heavenly being living on the earth.  I re-create you into the image of Jesus, the firstborn of many brethren.  The cells of your body change.  The corruptible becomes incorruptible.  Your soul is transformed into a thing of incomparable beauty.  The glory of the Lord divinizes your being.

          All these things are hidden from your humanity.  All takes place in the realm of spirit, My realm.  As the sea hides the world of activity in its depths, so do I hide My icons of grace from the prying eyes of man, who always looks for the spectacular and ostentatious.

          My greatest works are done in secret, hidden from the eyes of the world.  I use the smallest, the littlest, the least, the most unnoticed to show forth My glory.  “The first shall be last and the last shall be first.”  My glory erupts from the nothingness of the creature when this nothingness is acknowledged by the creature.

          Proud souls are odious to Me.  I can do nothing with them.  My heart is drawn out to the simple, the child-like, the pure in heart.  With these little ones, I will change the world.

          Seek Me in the humble things on earth, for I am not in the spectacles of man’s achievements.  I am hidden in the lowly, the meek, the deserted and the unknown.  There you will find Me radiantly shining forth in all My glory.  Become nothing to become everything in My eyes.”

Jesus,

Lowly One of God

September 22, 2014

          “The soul of man was created to be an exquisite diamond with facets of extraordinary beauty.  It was created to shine gloriously in the kingdom of heaven eternally.  The soul was created so tenderly, so lovingly, so delicately, handcrafted by an all-wise Creator.  The soul was designed to grow in beauty daily as it imitated the life of the all-holy God, nourished in His love.  The body is only a fleshly covering for this eternal spirit.

          Man has ignored and forgotten his spirit within him.  He lives for the needs and glorification of the body – to look good, to feel good, to enjoy all he can in his needy body.

          The flesh decays and dies.  It is only a house, a shelter for the soul.  Every day, billions of cells waste away and die.  One day, the life breath will expire and the soul will be exposed without a covering.  The soul will be exposed to his Creator to inspect the fruits that were sown in life.  Will the soul be beautiful and godly or ugly and sin-ridden?

          I inspect the motives and the intentions, the goodwill and the heart cries.  I am a just and merciful Judge.  I long for My children to yearn to be holy.  If they only knew what joy holiness brings …

          There is only a short moment in time to reap an eternity of benefits.  Your life choices follow you into eternity.  I have given you everything you need to make the right choices.  Now it is up to you to do the choosing.

          Which will it be?”

Jesus,

Taskmaster of Love

September 18, 2014

          “Ye have not because ye ask not.”  Only those who ask, receive.  What are you to ask for?  Ask Me for the gift of faith, for the gift to love, for the gift of My eternal grace.  You need My grace to be holy.  Of yourself, you are dust which cannot rise on its own.  I am the God who enables you to exist.  My grace has created you.  My grace sustains you.

          Come into My throne room, adoring My majesty.  As a servant humbly knows his place, come before Me begging Me to pour My grace out upon you.  I created you for love.  I desire your love, freely given.  When you come to Me asking Me for grace to love Me more, how My heart rejoices in My loving child.

          So many of My children have used their free wills to hate Me, to slander Me, to blaspheme My name.  How this grieves the heart of such a tender Father.  Like the father of the prodigal son, I wait eagerly for the return of My children.  I had to let them choose their own path, but how heartbroken I am that they choose desolation when I have so much love to give them.

          Do you love Me, My children?  If you do, then you will trust My judgment and you will obey My will for you.  I am forming you into holy vessels of love, icons of grace to be displayed in the heavens eternally.  You shall live with Me forever in My home of light.

          You need My grace to endure so much opposition in life.  The world is headed in the opposite direction.  You cannot stand in your own strength.  Ask Me for grace and I will gladly give it to you.  My grace will strengthen you.  It will lead and guide you through treacherous paths.  My grace will make you beautifully holy.  Your light will shine brightly in this dark world.

          Come boldly to My throne of grace, that I may give you the gifts you need to walk before me in grace and truth.  You will bear the mark of a holy “saint in light”, a grace bearer.”

 

Jesus, Grace Giver

September 16, 2014

          “Life is full of peaks and valleys, highs and lows, successes and failures.  It is perseverance that leads you to the kingdom of heaven. 

          The disappointments in life discourage many souls.  They turn back on the road that leads to heaven, for they feel the going is just too hard.  Much vigilance is needed, much self-denial, much agonizing rejection and heartache, and oftentimes the road is gloomy and obscure.  Constant falls depress the soul.  He gives up and returns to the world’s richly paved road filled with earthly goods.  Heaven seems too abstract, too distant, an unattainable illusion.  So man gets very busy.  He forgets about the spiritual as he gets heavily involved in his daily life – work, family, socialization, excitement and possessions.  Life seems easier when you can enjoy the things in the world without restraint.  The calls resounding in his heart grow fainter and fainter until they disappear altogether.  That was then … this is now.

          The road to heaven is sparsely traveled.  It is quiet and lonely at times, but peaceful and joyous.  The light of the Eternal City shines in the eye of the faithful traveler on God’s highway.  He has turned his back on all the world has to offer to seek an eternal inheritance.  He walks with the angels and saints invisibly surrounding him, helping him with their prayers.  He walks hand in hand with Jesus, his Shepherd through the meadows of life.  He may be the lonely straggler on an empty road, but all of heaven is cheering him on. 

          He is a saint in light traveling to the City of Light.  He is a child of God traversing earth on his way to a glorious homeland.  He is God’s joy.”

Jesus,

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