Title:   "Your vision becomes narrowed when you prefer to make things YOUR way rather than to open your heart to every possibility in Me."

(Notebook 57, pp. 159--163)

Live  †  Jesus

Friday, January 14, 2000

Dear Jesus and Holy Mother,

[Jesus speaks.....]
Oftentimes, children, what you do not see, is where My Grace lies.  But unless you have eyes of Faith, you shall not see it clearly.  You prefer worldly leadership to My Own.  You who lead:  lead for Me, in Me.  But if you do not, you lead in error.  You who seek the world:  look for the Goodness in it which I have given for you, otherwise, you seek in vain.  You who seek personal comfort:  be willing to relinquish it for My Sake.  You who seek healing:  keep your eyes upon Me, for it is *I* Who heals Perfectly; and your soul is the greatest possession you have.  Will you render even THIS to Me?

Have I not told you to have the eyes of Stephen?  [ref. to the first martyr]  Have I not told you to focus on Me?  Can you not now see, in the world around you, that blindness is called "sight"?  You all too often, settle for things, fleeting, in this world, when you were created for ETERNITY!  Your vision becomes narrowed when you prefer to make things YOUR way rather than to open your heart to every possibility in Me.

How often have I allowed tangible evidence of My Wonder, for you to see, for you to touch?  Yet, all too often, you are "onto the next thing."  Your pleasure is short-lived, because your eyes are fixed on the world, aside of Me.  Stephen's eyes were focused, fixed, upon ME!  You MUST come to this willing position to come to be one in Me.  And oneness is My Desire for each, all of you.

See how you ask of Me, that which pleases YOUR heart.  And then, when you see that I allow you YOUR request, you become disjointed in spirit.  You blame Me for allowing what you want.  You do not see the Lesson?  It is to teach you to focus on ME and to come to know that *I* am Perfection; and that all which *I* would give you is for the Good of your soul.  You think temporal thoughts, but *I* am Everlasting!

Children, if you do not lift your chins to  focus on My Grandeur, you shall NEVER have the eyes of Stephen.  You are mortal beings, little ones, and so, I use "how" you are before Me, to increase your understanding of our relationship.   DO reverence Me.  DO focus on Me:  with your heart, mind and soul, and with vivid signs of the Life we share in your manner, your demeanor.  Now, do not be false, but DO, let ME pour out of you!  Let Me be visible as the Lord and Ruler of your soul.  In all which you do.   In all which you say.  DO let Me be visible in your life.  DO walk, as a child of God, here now where I place you.  BE for Me!

Ah!  What newness do I teach?  Yes.....I repeat the Lesson, time and time again.  Where is My Newness visible in you?  Do they look and see you walking in My Spirit?  Or do they see ordinary life which shall pass away?  I ask you  these questions.  As your answer, I expect Life.  In Me.  Now and forever.  Amen.    †

(1 Sm. 8:4-7, 10-22; Ps. 89:16-19; Mk. 2:1-12)

With Love, in the Two Hearts,
His Sarah