Messages From on High
"I am the Way to a True Life in Me"
Message 448
Title: " Sin distances a heart from Me. "
(Notebook XLII, pp. 168--174)
Live + Jesus
Second Week of Lent, Saturday, March 14, 1998
Dear Jesus and Holy Mother,
[The Lord speaks.....]
My little lambs, hear Me. A heart stirs, and it is My Greatest Delight to watch it, like a little flower, raise its head to Me. There is a matter of will here, children. That you would lead a life within My Will. To discover My Will by relinquishing your own. But I give you freedom that in freedom you would come to Me. For I Desire freely-moving hearts.Children, I am speaking to you again of hearts. Mine is open, awaiting your arrival. For this reason, I have displayed My Sacred Heart, for all the world to see. For I would teach of the importance of heart. Mine. Yours. And yes, My Mother's heart. Her heart is Immaculate, spotless, preserved from sin. And she, herself, invites you to enter her own heart. That you might come to know Me more purely through her magnifying Love. I have said it is a matter of heart. And it is. Where is your own?
Sin distances a heart from Me. Sin fogs men's minds that all is well, when in fact, a disease has entered. Look into the heart of Me and My Mother. See our hearts are aflame with the Fire of Love. And any fire needs the purity of air in which to burn. Children, the freer you are from sin, so too, shall your hearts burn with a Desire to Love Me more.
I have lived among you, children. I have not sinned. I am God. But I have seen firsthand, your struggles. I have been tempted, but I have not fallen. I am God. But I know of your needs. How easily have I seen you stumble and fall.
Why have I come, but to rectify you to the fullness of Life in My Father. By My Life and Dying and Rising have you entered the Plan of Salvation. Children, the door is open to My Father's House, but it is for you to step through. It is for you to rescind the ways of sin. To opt for Life of Grace. Children, all I have taught you, is to be your life. All I have Lived is to be your life. Do you think I would leave you to wander and roam? No! I give to you My Church upon the Breath of My Spirit. Here, now, among you I am. Here in My Church. Within Her Authority is the Forgiveness of sins which I have instituted. Absolution from sin. Fully rectifying you to My Father. But from your repentant heart. Again, as in all things, the movement of a heart is first up to you. Your will. How shall you use it.
If you refuse to repent, I ask: Why? What would I do to you? That separation is a charade of the enemy. He convinces you that I will punish. O children, I am a God of Mercy. I rejoice over your desire to repent. I welcome you with open Arms! Your advancement, the sound of your feet approaching, are My sheerest Delight!
I ask you to repent. I ask you to verbalize your serious sin in My Act of Confession, this Gift I have given. Children, I am fully Human and fully Divine. As such, I know that humanity has certain needs for a full interior cleansing. And to admit before another to Me that you have sinned, causes your heart to delight and to grow. Because you have come to a moment of honesty in your very being. And THEN growth, true growth, can begin. For you have stood on a plain and have shown a desire to return, fully, to My Side.
Whose arms would receive you? Whose face would greet you? I give you My priest. Another, like you in sin, but reserved for Me, blessed by Me, to be as Me in this instance. And by the Power I have instilled, he forgives as I forgive. Wholly, completely. This is a very human experience of God's Forgiveness. Child, it is the moment of My Rejoicing.
What can I say? I will tell you that the feast has been prepared. For every one of you will have the opportunity to repent. But NOW.....would you come to Me NOW? I can forgive ANY sin! What I long for is your HEART, fully rendered unto Me!
My Church is FILLED with example. Example of the Way to True Life in Me. They are called saints, those who have won the battle of life. For here now, they are in My Fullness. Eternal Joy. Here. At My Side. And I call you to the same!
The Journey is long, short, arduous, easy, painful, pleasant, curved, straight.....yours to Me. What it is, let it be. But BE there, IN ME! I know the Path, My Feet have trod the Way. I am beside you, did you not know? My saints are praying for you, did you not hear? And others are stumbling.....see? You are not alone. I give you a Mother, My Own. Her Heart is in incessant prayer for each one of you. I wrap you in the Arms of My Church. I call you to Her Side. I leave My Very Life there. I AM there.
Children, the true distance you must travel, is contained in your heart. "Yes." Say "yes." And all will begin. "I am sorry." Say, "I am sorry." And you are forgiven. Come to repent. In My Sacrament, and ALL is forgiven. Not ONE sin remains. Even the worst. The most foul. It is left there. You are Graced there. And True Life begins. Here from My Side. Here AT My Side. Here IN My Side. For see, all are called to My Cross. This place. Where every man is raised into the Arms of My Father. By the Power in the forgiveness of sins. By the Power in your heart: "Father, forgive me, for I have sinned." It is a matter of heart, and Mine is rejoicing for your return!
I bless you, My lambs: My Arms are raised. I welcome you, My lambs: My Arms await you. I receive you, My lambs: My Heart rejoices. You are My child. You have entered My Love. Freely, fully, in Me. O! How I LOVE you! You are Mine!
(Mi. 7:14-15, 18-20; Ps. 103:1-4, 9-12; Lk. 15:1-3, 11-32)
With Love, in the Two Hearts,
His Sarah
