Title:  "Be small for My Sake that I may become Great in the absence of yourself."

(Notebook 60, p. 1--4)

Live  †  Jesus

Thursday, May 19, 2000

Dear Jesus and Holy Mother,

[Jesus speaks.....]
Hear Me well, when I speak to you this day:  I am the Lord your God.  Let there be no strange gods before Me, most especially, from within yourselves.

Ever so gently, the enemy eases you into a position of manipulation on his part.  If you truly know Me, you will recognize his ways, for I DO give little signs along the way.  For, it is NOT My Desire that you be lost, children.  I have been training you all your life.....yes.....and likewise, I give you all the Grace you need to overcome temptation.  Some lessons must be learned.  But, I am ALWAYS your Teacher, if you remain in Me.  Even during your struggle, you remain in Me.  I have come, afterall, not for the perfect, but for those in need of Perfection, Who I am.  If there is  part of you which YOU consider to be absolute in achievement, you are greatly deceived.  Write it, child....the thought which has come to you this day.

(Yes, my Lord, and my God.)

"You must take no notice of these thoughts of vanity, but say to Satan, when he suggests them to you in any of your actions:  Begone, Satan, I not only renounce thee, but also thy evil suggestions.  I did not begin for thee, and I will not end for thee."  ["Thoughts & Sayings of St. Margaret Mary" for May 18]

[The Lord continues.....]
My Heart rends for each of you who suffer a deception.  Yet....the Blood flowing from My Heart will cleanse you if you do return often enough to Me.  See?  There is a certain sequence in every action.

Prayer of the heart is prayer of the heart.  Whether your heart is big or small, I receive you equally.  That you are TRULY bowed before Me is the purity I see in your heart.  Be not so concerned with another, as yourself.  To focus on the other is to slight your own ongoing development in Me.  See?  NO servant is greater than the Master.  The messenger only delivers the Word of the Lord.  The LORD is God, you are not.  You must be precise in your place of presence before Me.  I have allowed all in time to lead to Me, My Presence, My Life among you.  To have been out of sequence would be out of step in My Father's Will.  To be in Me you must be willing to be small.  To be small in Me is to be willing to go unnoticed, that My Greatness would be My Own.   Let YOUR focus be so intent upon Me, that you see only Me and no longer yourself.

Let all you do and all you say be in Me and for Me.  Let yourself to become of little or no consequence.  Be small for My Sake that I may become Great in the absence of yourself.

Announce Me, but let MY Word go forth to achieve all It sets out to do.  Be happy and rejoice that I have touched you at all.  Yet, I could not help Myself.....because I Love you.....so very much.  Amen.     †

(Acts 13:13-25; Ps. 89:2-3, 21-22, 25, 27; Jn. 13:16-20)

With Love, in the Two Hearts,
His Sarah