March 10, 2012
“Things are truly not what they
seem. What appears beautiful may be
rotten within; what is deformed or ugly may be glorious in spirit. My ways are in direct opposition to man’s
ways of exalting all that appeals to the senses.
During My earthly pilgrimage, I lived
solely in My Spirit. My body was the
housing for the workings of My soul. In
these days of sensuality and lust, the body is everything. How one looks on the outside is the criteria
for acceptance.
God looks on the hearts of men. The body is just the gift of the soul, a
means to carry it about. Man wastes
time, money, and thoughts on the material which will blow away in the nearest
windstorm. Man ages, his body breaks
down; then man loses his identity, for this has been his god. At death, the body will be thrown off as an
old rag. It will return to the dust it
came from.
It is the soul which must be purified
and, as it were, pampered. It is the
soul that determines your final destiny, the really important thing you should
be idolizing. Where will you spend
eternity? Will you trade your lowly body
for an eternity separated from God?
It is a subtle trick of the enemy to
make man believe he will live forever on earth.
Even those steps from death do not realize all is ending on this
earth. They delude themselves into a
hopeless eternity.
The body should be a pure, simple, and
holy vessel sailing you to heaven. You
should nurture your body so that you may live many years on this earth
performing God’s acts of charity. When
the body becomes an end in itself, the path has changed and you are then
walking the path of vanity. Vanity will
lead you to hell.
Do not let your body control you. You control your body. Your body would like to lead you into the
pleasures of life, but you must not acquiesce.
Make of your body a holy tabernacle of love for Jesus, perfumed with
prayer and holy aspirations.
I will walk this earth within a pure
vessel, a body sanctified for the Master’s use.
A soiled body is useless to Me. I
cannot endure a body stained with the sins of the world. “Keep yourself unspotted from the world.”
Jesus,
Reminder
to Holiness
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