"I am the Way to a True Life in Me"
Message 338
Title: "Where in My Temple is your heart."
(Notebook XXXIX, pp. 82--89)
Live + Jesus
Monday, November 24, 1997
Dear Jesus and Holy Mother,
[I find I am singing to the Lord.....] "All that I am, all that I do; all that I am I give, I give myself to You." "Take my heart, O Lord, make it ever true; take my heart, O Lord, let me be like You. You are the Potter, I am the clay, make me and mold me; this is what I pray. Take my heart, O Lord; make it ever true. Take my heart, O Lord. Let me be like You." Amen. Alleluia. Maranatha.
Sweet Sarah, will you write for Me? (Lord?)
It is I, child, your Loving Teacher. ( O Master, O Lord, O Love, O Saviour, O Teacher, O Friend, O God! Jesus, Jesus, Jesus! I Love You, Adore You, Believe in You. Jesus, I Trust in You!!)
Come, child. I would instruct you. (Yes, my Lord and my God.)
Children, hear Me. I am the Lord your God. Render to Me the things which are Mine. The law has its demands, yes, but the Law of Love supersedes all others. For THIS Law can be obeyed and improves all others. Do you see? Do you understand? Love one another as I Love you.
Now here you stand before Me. Naked in your sin. This is a great offering: your sorrowful heart. But will you give it? Will you offer to Me your heart? Do you trust Me with it? Or do you prefer to recreate it for Me and re-present it to Me? Is it your heart or Mine, afterall. What is it that you offer? Acts of your own creation? Or acts to please only Me? I include the words of My saint. She has lived a life to the pleasure of My Heart. Her Wisdom flows from My Own Sacred Heart. Hear her. Child, you should record it here. (Yes, Jesus!!)
"May you no longer have any liberty except to Love Him. May no other light illumine your soul, no other aim absorb your heart than that of His Pure Love Which keeps Him a Prisoner in the Blessed Sacrament. You will ask Him, through the merits of this Captivity, to set free His poor prisoners in Purgatory." ["Thoughts & Sayings of St. Margaret Mary" for November 24.]
Children, do hear Wisdom speak to you, often in the guise of great simplicity. I use the simple to tame the wise. The offering I seek is a pure and simple heart. Great words, great thoughts, become great in Me. Where in Me are you?
Now let Me speak of the offering of your heart. Would you offer less than what is deserving of Me? Would you offer Me a tainted offering? Or a pure lamb? Why is your heart in this miserable condition, when but for the Act of Sorrow it may be made pure. I provide to you Reconciliation with Me. Why do you not take advantage of this Sacrament? I am waiting to purify you, that your offering might be made pure.
Child, write these words: I am the Lord your God. Remember, keep Holy the Lord's Day. Be holy within My Days. All days are Mine. Hours and moments, days and weeks. Be discerning of your soul within this frame of time in which you dwell. My Day may arrive like a Thief in the Night. My Holiest Day for you is the day on which you finally come before Me. To be further purified or to freely enter My Domain. Your heart is and has always been the token I require. What is the condition of your heart? How much Love resides there? And how have you shared its wealth?
See! It is your position in My Temple that is the meaningful thing. Where in My Temple is your heart. Do you have motives? Or do you have only a bare heart filled with Love? Where is your focus? On Me? Or on the world? On Me? Or in your mirror? Children, you must ask yourselves these questions. My lamb, do continue. (Yes, my Lord and my God.)
Lambs, hear Me. I am the Lord your God. All that you say and do is to bring you further to Me. All that you progress in is to bring you Here into Me. Yes, into Me. For, to BE in Me is the place to which you are called. There are so many roads. So many paths. So many varied personalities. But only One God. One Way. The Truth. The Life. Through Me. I bring you through My Heart to the Heart of My Father. That is the progression. You will not come to be in Me by remaining in you. You will not progress in My Ways by clinging to your own. You will not advance in the Way of Perfection by preferring an imperfect lifestyle. You will not become Wise in Me by seeking your own wisdom gathered from this world. Perfect Wisdom is My Gift to you. It is My sharing of My Very Self with you. I lend you My Eyes. What do you see? Me? Or you? Clouded vision is because you seek other than Me. Look, lambs. Look upon Me. I am Kindness and Gentleness.
Sin blocks vision. It draws your vision downward. Look up! See your God! I speak to you in, O, so many ways! I would call to you by Love. Not complacency, for that is an outpouring of laziness. And laziness is a sin. I challenge you. I call you to a higher plain. Do you truly hear My call, or do you reword it?
I am Simplicity. Would I complicate Myself and thus block you from Me, when I have created you to know, Love and serve Me? How would you know what to give, save the fact I have shown you the Way? Give from your heart. All that you have. Yourself. Give as I have given. Freely to My Father. Freedom in Me is Freedom in God. The giving of self is the most freeing gift. This giving is a process. Not to be achieved overnight. Freedom in Me is Truth. And the Truth shall set you free. Freedom in Me is the Gift of self. Self-Love freely given. Passions and all attention focused on Me. What can you truly do without Me?
I am your Jesus. Gentle and Kind. Here, I accept your free-will offering. Of self. A gift of you unto Me. To be in Me. As I am in you. Now and forever. Amen. +
(Daniel 1:1-6, 8-20; Daniel 3:52-56; Luke 21:1-4)
(Thank You, my sweet Lord!!)
With Love, in the Hearts of Jesus and Mary,
His Sarah
