November 29, 2011

          “The days pass so quickly.  Time in life’s moments never returns.  What do you spend your time on?  Time is an investment into your eternal inheritance.  You are gathering great jewels of glory for eternal happiness during these seemingly mundane passing moments.

          Only love gives value to your actions.  Any task carried out in great love procures heaven’s treasures.  It is not the task.  It is the love put into the task performed.

          Can you remember to love your Jesus throughout the day?  Can you take more control of your thought patterns as they wander in meaningless chatter?  Can you bring your thoughts back to Jesus, your all?

          As you walk serenely through your day loving Me, I pour out gifts upon your loved ones.  The salvation of souls is bought by loving Me.  As you send up loving thoughts to My gentle heart, My radiance touches your loved ones.  I glow, as it were, as I am loved intensely.  This glow is spread out over all the earth.  It brightens the darkness.  I let My heart fall upon the land and My heart is My love.

          My special friends know how to steal treasures from My heart.  They know how to speak to me tenderly and reverently.  They lift their eyes of love to Me throughout the day and I immediately respond.  It is My joy to answer their prayers.  I long to share My life of loving generosity with them.

          Oh, My children, if you only knew how your love touches My heart…!  I am Love and I respond to love’s calls joyously.

          Call upon your loving Savior and see what marvels He will do in your lives.”

 Jesus,

Lover of Souls

November 10, 2011

          “The days advance rapidly.  Time seems to be accelerating in the world, for men are rushing madly through their days.  Love for the sacred and the solitary moments are gone from the minds of men.  They rush on to new discoveries, evading the most precious gifts, the time spent in nourishing the soul.

          Moments spent in solitude before Me shape saints, holy souls smitten by God’s love.  The world is no more alluring and glamorous to them.  It is fake, sterile, and passing.  Their life lies in their spirit, which they cultivate daily as a beautifully manicured and watered garden.  They rest daily in this garden of peace, enjoying conversations with the Master, while the world rushes by them madly, pursuing hopeless dreams.  These souls are hidden in the heart of God.  He has a special trysting place for them in His heart.  Each day their intimacy grows until one day He must enfold them in His arms and take them up to heaven where the intimacy never ceases.

          Earth is only a waiting place.  Souls are waiting to embrace eternal life.  They are choosing their destiny during this test trial on earth.  God has made the test almost too easy for them.  He asks for a willing heart, an open mind, an eagerness to trust his will.  Works and activities flow from this loving engagement of the soul with God.

          God is the eternal loving parent.  The welfare of His children is everything to Him.  All He sends is tailored to their best interests, to grant them holiness and great joy.  God is looking for little lambs to follow Him in the pastures of peace.  God is good; therefore, all He does is good.

          Come to the good God.  Place your life in His hands.  His love will radiate through you.  You will become peace to the world, a little lamb of peace.”

Jesus, Shepherd

November 7, 2011

          “Each day is a beautiful color woven into the tapestry of your life.  The more colors I weave into your tapestry, the more beautiful it becomes.  You will wear this lovely wedding garment in heaven one day.  How surprised you will be when you truly understand what threads I used to make such a glorious garment.

          The fine silk thread of daily fidelity, your faithfulness to prayer and daily reading, is a fine gold thread that will gleam throughout the garment.  The opalescent pearl of compassion and mercy will cast a shimmery veil, beautiful to behold.  Pearls of great price will be delicately placed, a feast for the eyes - the pearls of kindness, sweetness, courtesy, meekness, humility, and penance.  Then the beautiful jewels of the virtues – the rubies of repentance, the topaz stones of obedience, the sapphires of docility to My will, the diamonds of your great and devoted love for Me.

          On your head will be a diadem of illustrious beauty – the tiara of the adopted child of God, taken from earth among men to exist for the praise of My glory.  On your hands will gleam the diamonds of good works, hands raised in holy prayer, hands raised in blessing others.

          Your feet will be shod in heavenly sandals, flowers of great colors and fragrances - your swift steps to aid others, your steps to church, to prayerful moments with Me.

          I am the great Tailor of heaven.  I adorn My children with beautiful garments of honor.  Let Me dress you in the greatest garment – Myself.  “Put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ.”  My splendor will flow to the nations as I walk this earth again through My chosen ones.”

Jesus,

Tailor of Beauty

November 4, 2011

          “How rare the souls that treat Me as if they can visibly see Me!  “My delight is to be with the sons of men”, to converse with them, to laugh with them, to love them, to share life’s moments with them.  I wait hopefully for souls to respond to My great love for them, yet I wait in vain for so many souls.  I am not in all their thoughts.  My form on the cross before them isn’t seen anymore.  I am a commonplace part of the décor of the church.  They have eyes to see, yet they do not see.  I want to be known and understood by them, but they are not interested.  How few are My true friends!  How alone I am in so many churches, waiting for My children to visit Me.  I am truly present in the Tabernacle, but faith has dimmed.  Souls do not care.

          I have prepared a great banquet for My children, but they declined the invitation.  Other pressing matters consume their time.  I am relegated to the last place in their lives.  Yet I wait for them.  I do not rescind the invitation.  My doors are always open, no matter how many times I am spurned.  Love cannot help but love.

          To be consumed into love means constant self-sacrifice for the one loved.  Do you truly want to die to self?  Then run into Love’s arms.  When you become transformed into Me, you also will become a sacrificial victim, for souls will also spurn your love.  You will remain vulnerable and open, receiving all in tranquility.  You will turn no one away.  Love is incessant giving, infinite giving.  There is no end to the gift of love.  There is no turning away in true love.  Love stays and loves while being bruised and rejected.  Reciprocity is not a condition in true love.

          Love is an enduring fragrance which captures hearts.  Every soul is captivated and enchanted when they encounter God-Love.  “God so loved the world that He gave His only-begotten Son…”

          Love is infinite Gift.”

Jesus,

Love Incarnate

October 31, 2011

          “Will you clasp My hand this day and let Me lead you to My Father’s house?  Have you not yet realized your weakness and poverty?  The way of the cross is narrow and very difficult.  You need a guide to lead you.

          I have not asked you to travel the way of the cross alone.  I have promised to be with you all the days of your life.  Why do you run ahead on your own when the path is full of dangerous perils?

          You must stop and ponder the path.  Can you move on victoriously on your own?  No; you will inevitably fall.  You must place your small hand in Mine to walk through the landmines and pitfalls.  I will shelter you from the wickedness in high places ready to attack your spirit.

          With the confident trust of a child, place all your hope in Me.  Stop relying on your own pitiful resources.  You have none.  Become a child again.  Let yourself be led in docility.  Entrust all to My care.  I know the Father’s will in all that happens to you.  It is time for you to release your hold on everything, even your spiritual goods which you cling to very tightly.

          I am the goal of your spirituality.  All the means point to the end – “Christ in you, the hope of glory.”  It seems to take many years for a soul to realize that it is in losing your well-built identity and becoming a helpless child that you will become a spiritual giant.

          Only children enter the kingdom of God in passionate abandon.  Their simplicity opens heaven’s gates.  They bound into the land of glory unafraid.

          You cannot make progress on your own without My help.  Let Me live in you this day.  Let Me run to heaven joyfully within you.  Let Me teach you kingdom truths.  Like the Pied Piper, I lead My children home to the sound of heavenly music.”

Jesus,

Lover of Children

 

October 10, 2011

          “A soul seeking heaven can be compared to a baby bird waiting to learn how to fly.  The bird has wings but does not yet know how to use them.  Only in growth and maturity does his ability to flow come.  The spiritual life also grows and matures.  Each day brings its own lessons.  How you respond to all that comes into your life is the yardstick of your growth in holiness.  If you respond to grace, more grace is given to you.  If the lesson isn’t learned, it is reworked into another trial, another life lesson.

          The Master is continuously training His students.  It is the school of sanctification.  As you sit silently absorbing the Master’s lectures, you not only learn the facts, you become the lesson.  God’s truths permeate you and you steadily become transformed into an icon of holiness, the Master’s ideal.  Jesus is preparing saints for heaven, holy men and women, profoundly humble, energized by the Holy Spirit, filled with God’s love.  This is the goal of life – being prepared in holiness to enter the eternal heaven.

          Never despise the little daily happenings in your life.  These are your daily lessons from heaven.  This is your preparation for your day of judgment, the day your Master so longs for – to embrace you and give you your final certificate of approval.  He longs to spend eternity in your company.  He has opened the door to heaven.  You must clad yourself in your wedding garment to enter the festivities.

          Let Me walk you to heaven.  Place your hand in mine, open your ear to listen, turn away from the frivolous things of earth, make holiness your priority, and respond to heaven’s calls.  Let the Holy Spirit form you into a saint bound for heaven, your eternal home of blissful joy.

          Keep the focus, My children.  Train your eyes to look up to God looking upon you with such fatherly love.  He will give you all that is necessary to pass through the golden gates.  He loves you dearly.”

Jesus, God’s Son

 

October 4, 2011

          “No time spent with Me is ever lost.  These silent moments of instruction are building your heavenly temple, the place where I reside in your heart.  You begin to sense the atmosphere of heaven, the sublime stillness and peace that delights every soul purified of earthly greed.

          In the silence, you hear My voice clearly and distinctly.  You receive My nearness.  You come to know My heart’s longings.  I desire to inundate My dear children with My glorious graces. 

          I need beautiful saints to convert the world.  Let Me make you beautiful with the beauty of heaven by spending time attentively in My presence.  There is no better beauty secret on earth.”

Jesus,

Beauty Salon of Love

September 26, 2011

          “You have a multitude of holy souls in the heavenlies to intercede for you.  Accept their help by acknowledging their vocation.  They are all part of My Mystical Body, interconnected and adhesed together by the Holy Spirit to form My Kingdom of Love.

          Walk with the saints and angels who walk with you.  “You are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses…”  Acknowledge their presence with you.  Ask for their prayers.  Their hearts are still attuned to earth’s cries for mercy.  Their hearts are My heart, in love with My dear children.  They long for My Father’s glory to be manifested on earth.  They are waiting for the redemption of the sons of God, when time will be no more and all will become one in Christ.

          May your conversation truly be in heaven where holiness resides.  May your voices rise in unison to sing out God’s praises among the nations.  May your lives be holy and pure, unspotted by the world and its pleasures.  May your mind be at peace, resting in the love of God.

          My children, get to know your brothers and sisters in heaven eagerly awaiting your arrival.  Speak to them of My love and grace and plead for their intercession.  They have unlimited power with God.  They stand before His throne day and night recounting His praises.  They truly exist for the praise of His glory.  Make them your intimate friends.  Let them help you in your walk of faith.  Speak to them easily, as a child would.  They understand all.  They have My mind. 

          Heaven is full of holy people that love you.  They desire your sanctification.  They pray incessantly for the world.  They suffered the exile of earth and know how to help you on your journey.

          You are all one family.  As you interact, you build on a strong foundation of love and mutual watchcare.  Live in heaven with us.  It is only a prayer away, a glance upward away.”

Jesus, King of Saints

September 20, 2011

        “You are My friend.  You come to Me in the morning hours; you seek My company.  Very few of My children give Me their undivided attention.  I understand they are busy, but how much they miss when I am squeezed in hurriedly amidst their list of priorities.  In My gentleness, I do not force the issue, but they do sadden Me.  I long to share eternal truths with My children to purify and enlighten them, yet they do not find time for Me.  I am ethereal to them, a God of the last minute when tragedies occur.  They do not know Me very well when they panic and turn to Me in time of trouble.  They are not fair weather friends; they are fearful weather friends.  They come running when life gets stormy.  When the storm passes, they have no more need for Me.  They do not realize what they are missing out on.

        Friends converse about everything; friends share special moments together; friends talk over problems and concerns; friends support each other in daily occurrences; friends laugh together; friends can read each other’s minds; friends share their gifts; friends become one in thought and purpose.

        I came to earth to befriend My children, to put on a human face that they could recognize.  I wanted to share Myself with each of them openly, displaying the Father’s love and tender mercy.  I became vulnerable, open, and transparent in My dealings with men.  How few have responded to My hand of friendship!

        You are My friend forever.  These moments alone with me cement our friendship in a holy bond of love.  You are not afraid of anything in life when you know I am next to you.

        You love Me and I love you!  Friends forever!”

 Jesus, Your Best Friend Forever

September 17, 2011

        “All who ask receive.  As you seek My face and ask for heavenly wisdom, I open the doors of My heart to reveal to you the holy ways of God.

        The most thoughtful and holy God is a lover of silence.  Peace is silence.  To dwell in silence with a heart turned to God is to open the fountain of God’s love.  To explore the silent moments of repose, you must be still under the mighty hand of God.  You must let Him speak to your heart.  You must let His love pour over you like a warm cloud of heavenly dew.

        God is tender.  As you humble yourself before Him, acknowledging your frailty and inability to do any good without His help, He lovingly draws you into His arms of love, showering you with kisses of affection.  If only God’s children would let God love them…  They pull away and resist His touch.

        God is smiling upon your open heart.  He is joyful in heart as He sees you open yourself to His blessings and supreme graces.  God’s love radiates your very being.  It penetrates through your earthly shell to illuminate your spirit so beautifully.  His grace touches and beautifies every cell in your body.

        God is light.  His radiance beams upon your open spirit, flooding your soul with His Divine Essence.  You allow Him to walk this earth in your body as you yield to His lordship.  God’s ways are amazing, beyond anything you could ever imagine.  His plans for every soul are unique, vibrant, freeing and made to order.  The creation of the body was made according to the divine plan for each destiny.

        Nothing has been created in vain.  All redounds to God’s glory.  To lose your life in this world is to accept God’s gracious offer of

eternal bliss.  As you lie still under His operative hands, He transforms you into a saint in light, ready to be revealed on the last day.  You will sing His praises eternally for His gracious gifts of love and mercy.

        God designs every second of your earthly existence.  As you acquiesce to His dominion, you become so free that you soar in the heavenly realms.  God does not bind the soul.  He sets it free to create, to love, to explore, to live life abundantly.

        To know God is to love Him blissfully.  To love God is to live in heaven upon earth.  To bring joy to God’s heart is your eternal destiny.  His love is infinite.  Explore the infinite love of God.  You will be amazed.”

Jesus, Lover of God

September 15, 2011

        “Life truly is a vast garden filled with delights.  I walk through the earth inspecting My garden.  Much of earth is full of the weeds of sinfulness and vice.  The enemy has sowed weeds and thorns in My beautiful paradise of love.

          Here and there a beautiful, blooming, fragrant flower stands proudly, blooming gloriously where I have planted her.  She has weathered many storms and resisted the weed’s choking allure.  Her face is lifted to heaven.  She smiles at the Sun who nourishes and sustains her.  The rain has pelted her petals, yet she continuously stands bravely through the storms of life, fulfilling her duty to remain where God has stationed her.  She waits to be noticed by her Creator as He walks through His garden on earth.  Her heart trusts her Creator, for she knows He does all things well.

          The heat withers and distresses her foliage, yet she endures all with firmness of faith.  She is delicate and fragile, yet stronger than all earth’s elements.  Her one desire is to exude a beautiful fragrance, so that when the Master of the garden passes by, He may be pleased.  Her glory is to beautify His glory by resting in His will.

          This is the glory of all saints – to rest in the will of God, whatever that may be.  The uniqueness of each flower will be revealed on that beautiful day when the sons and daughters of God will be translated into the eternal kingdom.  Each flower will receive praise from God. 

          May the Master Gardener make a beautiful bouquet of His faithful flowers to display in the crystal vases prepared for them in heaven.”

Holy Spirit, the Sustainer of God’s Lovely Garden

September 6, 2011

          “Heaven hears your voice crying out for mercy.  The Holy Spirit is moving in these final days.  He is stirring up the hearts of the faithful to cry out for mercy.  All of heaven is crying out for God’s mercy.  The sins of men have become a horrific stench to God’s holiness.  Man, in his rebellion, has lifted his fist in defiance to his Creator.  Nature is revolting and convulsing under the weight of man’s sin and degradation.  All of creation is groaning, awaiting the final redemption, when God will make all things new.

          In these final days, I am calling out an army of souls to go forward in My power, bearing My light and love to darkened souls enslaved in bondage.  I have come to set captives free.  They bind themselves again in chains of their own making.  My holy ones fight the armies of darkness, a fleet determined to annihilate all that is holy.  They use mockery, intimidation, persecution and subtle wiles to try to deceive even the elect of God.  Only the childlike remain strong in the faith, those that trust in God wholeheartedly as simple children of obedient trust.  They are not led away by the allurements of the world.  Their eyes are fixed on God alone.

          Cry out for mercy, My faithful children.  The final days are at hand.  Be the watchmen crying out in the night.  The Bridegroom comes and the door will be shut on those that are not ready to receive Him.

          I have been warning the world for centuries.  I have said nothing in vain.  All will come to pass.  The day is near.  “Redeem the time because the days are evil.”

          “Look to Me that you may be radiant.”  You will need My radiance to conquer the world, the flesh, and the devil.  Look to Me that you may be saved in the evil day and to stand among the redeemed in heaven’s courts.”

 Jesus,

General of the Troops

 

April 11, 2012

          “The soul that lives in My glorious will thrives in every environment.  It blossoms in the darkness, sings in the rain, rejoices in conflict, surrenders in obedient trust.  The soul abiding in My shade sings merrily like a bird on a branch in the spring.  Nothing can touch those that hide beneath My sheltering wings of protective love.  Have you understood yet what I mean when I exhort you to live in My will?  It means to sit quietly beneath My tree of sheltering love, smiling at me confidently, trusting My care for you, and accepting all things as coming from My hands of mercy for your greater good.

          How difficult it is to be the parent of a complaining, disobedient child!  How tender a father looks upon his joyfully obedient child!  My son, David, charmed My heart with his little songs of love sung in purity of heart.  He was alone in the night beneath the stars, his eyes scanning the heavens, knowing that I was looking down upon him in such great love.  He believed in Me with all of his heart and soul.  His belief blossomed into great love and devotion, which produced songs of great joy spilling out of his soul.  Could My heart thrill any more than it did as I looked upon this handsome little boy crafting musical melodies, songs of love, written just for Me?  I had to confer on him a kingdom, My generosity is so great!  This boy was giving Me what I so long for – pure love from a pure heart.

          I created children as an example of purity of heart.  The design is set before man to gaze upon, to emulate.  The children then mature and lose their childlike purity and simplicity.  I say – “Go back to the days of your childhood.  Remember your fervent and ardent desires to love me, to know Me, to possess Me.”

          Little souls, always remember that I am Love.  I do not just love, I AM LOVE.  I can do nothing but love.  Love wins My heart.  Love possesses Me.  Love becomes union with the beloved.

          “Beloved, let us love one another, for love is of God.”

 Jesus,

God’s Little David

February 26, 2011

          “The days march on, never stopping their stride for anyone.  Time leaves, never to return.  Live your daily life so as not to regret how you have used the time allotted to you.  Each soul has a specific mission to accomplish.  Each soul has a heavenly blueprint handcrafted by the Master Architect and loving Father in heaven.  Each soul was especially chosen in His heart to exist eternally.  Each soul was a thought in His mind with no beginning, an eternal creation. 

          If men knew the significance of the gift of the breath of life, how differently they would live out their days!  There would be no grumbling, complaining, despair, or hopelessness.  They would realize how loved they are by a divine Creator whose thought brought them into existence.  How special they should feel to have received God’s breath from God’s heart of love!

          Men are blind and deaf to God’s love.  His sun caresses them, His wind gives them a breeze, and His earth produces food for them.  His heart continually lavishes beautiful and abundant gifts upon them, yet they do not recognize Him.  They do not love Him or thank Him.  How sad!  They are missing out on the divine destiny prepared so delicately and thoughtfully for them.

          Let My beauty shine forth in fullness through your total surrender to Me.  You can be a source of hope through your faithfulness to truth.  You can be a light in the dark to those who have lost their way.

          Show them the beauty of holiness, the beauty of My kingdom, the beauty of My holy works, and the beauty of My love.  They will see My beauty and run after the fragrance of My outworkings.”

Jesus, God’s Apprentice in Love

 

 

March 9, 2012

          “My gentle eyes of love scan the hearts of men for that little spark of goodness.  I long to ignite the goodness of God inherent in every soul.  Every soul was created to glorify God in a unique and specific fashion.  Each soul through grace and love was given several gifts to offer to God for all eternity.  So many wasted gifts reside in the heart of that homeless man and promiscuous woman!  So many unused gifts hide in the corners of that man of business that only succumbs to the temporal in life!  So much fidelity and devotion never released!  So many beautiful grace-filled thoughts never expressed!  So much love never brought forth to blossom for the world!

          My hands are tied by man’s freedom to reject the beautiful, the true, and the holy.  I long to shower abundant rivers of living water on souls to bring forth beautiful flowers of virtue.  Man has blockaded the door to his heart.  He will not allow Me entrance.  As I was rejected when I walked the earth bearing good news of hope, even today I am scorned, mocked, and derided.  My name is blasphemed and spoken irreverently.  My wayward children, what have I done to deserve this?

          Pray, My chosen souls, that the dams erected in hearts will be broken and crushed, that My living water may gush forth to forgive, heal, and renew.  “Ye must be born again, sons of men.”  You must be washed and cleansed of these heinous sins that block your entrance to the purity of heaven.

          My healing hands are ready to receive you.  When will you come?”

Jesus, Savior



March 21, 2011

                    “This is a time of great grace for you.  Sitting with Me here, thinking of Me, talking and sharing your life with Me – these moments are truly sacred.  You make an open pathway for your heart to enter the Holy of Holies, My heart pierced for love of you and all mankind.  My loving glances are largely ignored by a world obsessed with what is visual.  The obedience of sitting alone with no apparent result is the duty of a faithfully loyal servant.  Servants do not expect to be noticed.  They are on duty.  But I have not called you My servants.  I have called you My friends.  I share My heart with you.  I share My life with you.

          These are moments of loving regard, friends sharing the silence together.  You are not alone with Me.  This church is filled with angels and saints adoring My presence in the majestic Bread of Life enclosed in an earthly Tabernacle.  If only you could see the cloud of glory resting above your head as I commune with you so lovingly and so intimately.  Do you not sense My presence and My peace enveloping your soul?  There is nowhere else on earth like it, is there?

          You truly have discovered the fount of living water, the eternal fountain of youth sought after by mankind through the ages.  It is “Christ in you, the hope of glory.”  I am the living fountain of love that saturates you with My holy desires.  You do nothing but sit quietly in My presence.  I work on your soul like a master sculptor, carving My features upon your face.  My fragrance intertwines with yours.  My power generates a force in you that causes love to spring forth.  Holiness sneaks up on you unawares.

          I am a hidden God of the lowly souls.  My powerhouses of truth are rarely known or recognized.  Their humility keeps them “hidden with Christ in God”, away from the world’s glamour and praise.  They are silent streams of love and mercy watering the earth around them.  They do not need words to proclaim My glory.  They radiate My Essence.

          Gentle children of the light, continue in faithfulness to come to me as little children seeking all you need in this life.  I created you.  I have a beautiful plan in mind for your life if you will allow Me to lead you moment by moment.

          Ask and you shall receive My holiness.  It is My gift to you.”

Jesus, Holy Son

March 22, 2011

          “Look upon Me, whom they have pierced in their hatred.  I received more than insults.  I received bodily blows, kicks, fist slapping, and the ultimate humiliation, the spit of men upon My face.  I was blasphemed, made sport of, harassed, ridiculed, mocked, and insulted.  I was bruised and lacerated over every part of My body.  They pulled My hair and pinched Me.  They whipped Me with a whip that seemed to be made of iron.  They shamefully disrobed Me and leered at Me, jokingly pushing and shoving Me to the ground.  They impressed each other by their extreme rudeness to Me.  They stared at Me mockingly and jeered.  They shunned Me and laughed at My appearance.  They gave Me no food or water.  There was no towel to wipe My face covered with blood.

          They used a reed to smash the thorns deeper into My browline.  As I winced in pain, they laughed.  They called My mother terrible names and blasphemed God.  They cursed incessantly and took My Father’s name in vain, pronouncing His blessed name with disgust.  They insulted My dignity and My mission.  They belittled My authority and honor.  They mangled My body with their brutality. 

          Yet I opened not My mouth.  I loved them and I prayed for them.  I saw ignorance and fear in their faces of proud indifference.  I saw them as little children in their mother’s arms.  I remembered the hurts and sufferings each of them had endured which had hardened them.  Their pain had made them cruel and heartless.  I looked past their words into their empty hearts.  I loved them more than I loved Myself.  I gave My life willingly for them.

          The cruel cross became My gift to My executioners.  I was too intent on praying for their souls to dwell on My pain.  “This is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us …”

Jesus,

Conqueror of Woundedness, Shame, and Hate