St. Teresa of Avila
Wednesday, October 15, 1997
Dear Jesus and Holy Mother,
St. Teresa, my patroness and friend, please continue to pray for me, that I might
increase in Wisdom and Prudence. Happy feast day, dear Saint. Thank you for
the many ways you listened to God. Thank you for all your writings, that we might
come to know more of the depths of prayer and true relationship in God. Dearest God,
thank You for creating St. Teresa. That I might come to know You more through her
intercession. Amen. Thank You, God, for giving me St. Teresa as such a friend.
I really do Love her. Thank You, God. Amen!!
Child..... (Yes, Lord?)
Record these words. (Yes, my Lord. O God! I do Love You.
My Jesus, I adore You. Holy Spirit, I believe in You. Father, I trust
in You. And I thank You for this ability to be before You. Amen!! I
tremble in Awe and Wonder before You, my God!!)
Little Sarah, little child, be at rest in Me. See! My Arms are opened
wide. Come, child, and rest your head upon My Chest. (O Lord! I feel
bathed in the Warmth of Your Love!! Thank You, my God!!)
Sarah, do I mean what I say? (My Lord, You are Truth. I bow before You,
my Lord. Here in this place of Intimacy.)
Children, will you listen to Me? How many times will I gather you here?
How many times will you come freely, here? What is to be accomplished here?
Is it Growth? Growth in Me? Children, where are your hearts? Are
they released freely in Me? Do you know that as you approach Me I may enter at any
moment and scoop you up to Me, because of your willing heart? I do nothing without
your permission, but a willing heart is My Invitation.
Lambs, I would talk to you of Pharisees. But, who are they these days?
Are they you? Ever? Are you weighed down by self-infliction? Are
you obeying rules YOU have made which you cannot obey? Have you set laws for
yourself to lead you to Me; which in fact block or delay you from Me? Would you fly
to Me, but your feet are firmly planted on a runway of your own creation? Children,
in many cases, I would swoop you up, but I find you with lead weights in your souls.
You have prescribed for yourselves how to come to Me. You have never asked Me
what it is you should do. And then, you have never listened.
Lambs, what is prayer? It is the LIFTING of heart, mind and soul to God!
Now, I ask you, how will you reach Me when you are grounded by your own weight?
You say that you Trust Me, yet you stop your advance to Me by deterrents of
self-doubt. You say you would obey Me, yet you doubt My Wisdom. As you pray, O
children, EXPECT an answer! I am here. And I do answer prayer. Pray for
Wisdom, that you would see beyond any doubt, that I am the Way to Perfection.....Ah!
Another "title", or My Truth? [St. Teresa of Avila wrote a
book entitled, "Way of Perfection."]
My little lambs, will you hear Me? Is it My Voice you seek, or your own?
Who do you pray to? A Perfect God? Am I Perfect? In your eyes?
Do you try to improve Me? To govern Me?
My Way is a Perfect Way. You must think, lambs, that when you come to Me, you
have come to God. I am Perfection. How could you ever devise a "way"
that would place yourself into My Presence. That Way has been made: by My Son.
Jesus is the Way to Perfection. Jesus is the Way to a true Life in
God!..........I will not stop, children, until you FINALLY understand Me! The Words
are Mine. The Way is Mine. I am Perfection. And Perfection is allowing
you to find the Way. Because I Love You.
Nothing would exist without Me. I am Creator. The Words are Mine.
I am Honor. The Truth is Mine. I am God. The Life is Mine.
Hear Me, lambs: Give up your pride and your foolish ways. They are
naught but stumbling blocks. They are not the Way; they are deterrents. And if
you continue to refuse Me by possessing them, pride will veer you from My Path.
[The Lord paused.....] Look at Me: I am Simplicity. [And then with
a smile.....a gentle voice.....another pause.....waiting.....] Come,
follow Me. My Way. Not yours. My Way to Perfection. Yours is
imperfect. My Way to true Life in Me. My Way. Not yours. Yours is
imperfect. I am God. God of all. Do not judge My Ways. Do not do
this, children. Please: DO NOT JUDGE ONE ANOTHER. You are not good at it
at all. You err. You should Love. To obey Me, you MUST Love.
Leave judging to the wise. I am Wise. I am Perfection. You are
not. You are each on a Way to Me. To be PART of My Perfection. But I am
the whole of it. You are My people: Love one another. Let Me see you
gathered as sisters and brothers, here at My Feet. The Way is Simple. I reveal
it as you are able. Complications are the employ of the enemy. Judging is the
wedge of the enemy. Recall: I have said to Love one another. Would then,
I EVER encourage you otherwise? Would then, I whisper the error of one who is
imperfect to another who is imperfect? Children: you are all sinners.
Let your heart be true unto Me. Come to ME. I will care for the heart
of the other. And if I want you there, to participate, I will urge you. I will
place you there. True Life in Me is not one of complication. It is one of
Trust and Love. Love one another as I have loved you. No strings.
No complications. But freedom. Of all possessions: but self.
The giving of one to the other in Love.
Raise your arms. Open your hands. Let complications fly away. And
I will scoop you up, O child of Mine. I will hold you to My Breast. And I will
kiss you. I will seal you with My Love. Now and forever, children. Amen.
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(Rom. 2:1-11; Ps. 62:2-3,6-7,9; Lk. 11:42-46)
With Love, in the Two Hearts,
His Sarah