The farther you journey from Me, the more you shall feel our separation by the desert which grows in your heart. Then, My Discipline of you will be felt as a rod.

"If you find within yourself an abyss of pride and vain esteem, bury these passions in the abyss of the Humility of the Sacred Heart, Wherein you must lose all that stirs you interiorly, so as to be arrayed in His Sacred Annihilations." --["Thoughts & Sayings of St. Margaret Mary" for January 31]

Children, are you willing to truly do what is needed to grow properly in Me? Are you truly willing to bury self, that you might die to self and rise up into Me? See, lambs, that I call out to you in many varied ways. The farther you journey from Me, the more you shall feel our separation by the desert which grows in your heart. Then, My Discipline of you will be felt as a rod. The closer you are to Me, you shall accept My Discipline as an Act of Love, for you shall more quickly see the Fruits of the Labor in which we partake.

See that those who were gathered in My Presence.....in the town where I lived, could not see Me for Who I am. See? It is not where you stand in Me that marks your place, but where you are in heart. You cannot be in My Fruitful Vine if you prefer the aridity of your own desert, little ones. An ostrich who hides his head in the sand misses many things. If your heart becomes.....or is.....hardened to My Life in your midst.....you shall miss My Special Moment of dialogue with your soul.....you shall miss the Opportunity I bear.....you shall miss the Gentle Discipline I give to you.....you shall miss the Growth I had intended for you.....you shall miss the opportunity to crack the hardness of your heart.....you shall maintain a certain independence FROM Me.

When you look only through YOUR eyes you only see things YOUR way. You maintain that your way is MY Way, but it is not. For I look and do not see growth as I had intended. I do not see the Unity I Desire. I see separation of heart. I see criticism. I see refusal of the many ways in which I would come to you. I see you casting Me out, because I cannot fit into the mold you have created for Me.

Keep in prayer for and with one another that sooner than later you shall permit My Discipline to enter your hearts. That sooner than later My Will will be done. That sooner than later you shall embrace all I teach in Truth in My Church. For to cling elsewhere is to place yourself in the distinct jeopardy of hell. I come to discipline, but you put up your hands to ward off the impact I would have upon your heart. You gather with those of like-in-kind thought to defend your position. Your hardened hearts do not recognize My Way. You see Me, but truly, you do not. You hear Me, but truly, you do not. You prefer your way over Mine, you refuse Me, you cast Me out. But you still do not see what you are doing. Be on guard for your own actions. Be in prayer. Be open to MY Way, little ones. See? As often as you knock upon MY Door, *I* knock upon your own. But do you open? Does your heart come to recognize the manner of My Way? Do you truly follow Me? Or do you criticize Me and cast Me out?

I ask these questions, lambs, for the Good of your souls. How well you answer.....how well you begin to live in Me is a matter of your Salvation. It is a matter of My Love. Will you let Me be for you, as I have come to be? I look for a change of heart.....of you into Me. Amen. +