"I am the Way to a True Life in Me"
Message 689
Title: "Let not 'the world' be your identifying family name."
(Notebook XLVIX, pp. 4--7)
Live † Jesus
Tuesday, November 10, 1998
Dear Jesus and Holy Mother,
[Jesus speaks.....]
"Enter, O kind and faithful servant." Would these Words be uttered in your heart on that fateful day? Would you hear that I recognize you? That I can see the imprint of My Cross upon your forehead? Because it is imprinted and lived in the kingdom of your soul? Because I have reigned within you? Because you have been Mine all along? Peace shall flow like a river on that day and you shall sail into My Heart!Sweet little things, hear Me. You have been created that you might return to Me. In fact, that you would BE in Me during this journey which is your life. Do you see that sinful ways are the things which complicate your life? And if you are to sail in Peace into My Heart, then it is the sirens of sin which lure you to crash, to be destroyed, on the rocky shoals which are the places in this life you do not belong.
Sin wears you down. Sin destroys Peace. Sin lures you away from Me and you become as a piece of taffy, being stretched unto the breaking point. You are created to be one in Me: mind, body and soul. You know you are to be in this world.....yes.....but of the world.....no. Let not "the world" be your identifying family name. Defy the properties of the world, O children, by living your life IN Me! It is for this Reason I have entered the world. That you might more easily come to know Me, Love Me, serve Me. That through My Sacrifice and your willingness within it, you would be set free. No longer a captive of sin. No longer the forage of the enemy. But to be renowned and sung about in praise to Me by My angels!
O children! You DO walk in the company of angels! And so, live your lives accordingly! Be in Me! Praise Me. With how you live your life. And just as My angels do, praise Me night and day. Service to Me should be the desire that fills your soul. Service with the knowledge that the reward has already been won, already yours. What more could be your Hope, than Salvation? Why would you lead a life that would rob you of what is already in your grasp? Would you trade the Pearl of Eternal Life for the grain of sand in this world which will be blown away? Would you chance the loss of My Heavenly Kingdom for the eternal fires of Gehenna?
And so, I set you free. And now you serve. Me, I pray it is Who you serve. Do not enter My service expecting laurel wreathes. Let your delight be in your pleasure to ME. That *I* am satiated should be your cause. That My Heart is full, that My Heart is pleased! What more would you want, than to know that your Master is satisfied, is delighted, is ecstatic in your union here in Me. See? Service to Me is the salary I give to you. Service to Me is the Delight of My Soul. And you have brought Me Delight in this Moment. This time. This Place. Here and now.
My Words are for all time and all occasions. But Here and now they are alive in you, in us, for this....."now."
Truly, BE in Me as I am in you. See? The Pleasure I have fills your heart! And that is our only concern! That you have delighted Me, that I might delight you. For My Heart spills over. Sorrow has filled My Cup but Delight pours forth. Grace! My Grace flows down upon you, up from within you. And our oneness soothes My Heart.
Because you serve Me. Without desire for reward. But I, Who am Perfect Love, cannot contain Myself. My Arms are opened wide. My Heart is exposed. Come, sail Here. Into My Heart. Amen. †
(Titus 2:1-8, 11-14; Ps. 37:3-4, 18, 23, 27, 29; Lk. 17:7-10)
"Provided He is pleased, we ought to be satisfied, and ought not to be troubled about our feelings of dissatisfaction or annoyance; these arise within us only because we are not sufficiently mortified and simple-hearted to cut off the windings and reflections of self-love." ["Thoughts & Sayings of St. Margaret Mary" for November 10]
With Love, in the Two Hearts,
His Sarah
