"I am the Way to a True Life in Me"
Message 676
Title: "Little ones: you are called to be like My true apostles."
(Notebook XLVIII, pp. 145--149)
Live † Jesus
Sts. Simon and Jude
Wednesday, October 28, 1998Dear Jesus and Holy Mother,
[The Lord speaks.....]
There is a freedom in every man's heart. A freedom that would burst forth at the sound of My Call. But for the freedom to burst forth, there must be an answer on your part. Not lip service, but service from the heart. Not a hardened heart, but a heart made pliable in My Hands. But I shall not touch you unless invited. I shall not stay unless I am welcome. And I cannot make you pliable unless you invite My Touch. My Touch must be constant, ongoing, or your heart will harden up. I have made you sensitive to Me. Will you allow yourself to respond?Look at the distance from the heart to the head. I have allowed this, O children, so there could be a place to ponder without thought. It is hard to BE in an active mind is it not? Do you truly know what it means to be focused on Me? To bring to Me all of your humanity? All of your struggles? All of your cares? All of your woes.....your joys? Do you not think that I can assume your being, if you allow Me? O little ones! I am God. You are not. Again I say, I am God. You are not. I am not impressed with what you do ASIDE of Me. I ask you to BE.....Here......not there!
Look at My Twelve. So human are they! So ordinary are they! So varied are they. And they followed. Save one, who was never truly with Me. Poor Judas [Jesus grew to be very sad.....] his focus was never truly on Me. He did not know how he was breaking My Heart. He could not see My Pain. He was too focused on what he thought would please Me when all I wanted was his undivided glance! O! What I can do in a moment of truly undivided attention on Me!
Little ones: you are called to be like My true apostles. Focused. To do all in memory of Me. To do all FOR Me. That I am your Master. It is *I* Who you serve.
My Will. do you know what it is? Shall I tell you again? .....That all souls would surrender unto Me. Most especially, your own. If YOU are not whole, My child, then all things built upon you shall crumble, shall fall. How can My Breath breathe a clean Breath if you harbor ill will? If you would prefer the stankness of where you are to the Fresh Air of My Spirit.
Will you come to follow Me? I do not mean to "tag along." I mean to put your foot into My Print. To look through My Eyes to My Heavenly Father. To abandon your entire self with Me to My Father. So big a task? Yes. If you try to accomplish it on your own. But in Me, ALL things are possible. Child.....even YOU! .....I smile upon you, little one. I Love you SO!
Silence your heart. Let it become a place of pondering.
Children, be Mine. Come follow. With ALL of your being. Come be built in Me. Be built upon Me. I am your foundation. Let ME repair your weakness. That the Body will be strong. Now is our moment. It was not yesterday. And it is not tomorrow. It is NOW. And so, again, I ask: Come, follow Me. Be in Me. Now, and forever. Amen. †
(Eph. 2:19-22; Ps. 19:2-5; Lk. 6:12-16)
With Love, in the Two Hearts,
His Sarah
