Faith in Action

#50     Nov. 4, 2012, Sunday, 7:14pm – at home   (Faith in Action)

“Sit quietly.  Sit rejoicing to be in My presence.  Do no hesitate to thank Me for ever being present in your life.

My heart delights in our companionship.  There is so much to say, so much I want to share.  Quiet your soul. Make no plans.  Just be totally content to be in My presence.

Don’t try to hide your thoughts from Me.  I know them already and that is why I ask you to be totally satisfied in My presence not in your presence.

Such a battle goes on doesn’t it between wanting to serve Me and wanting to serve you.  I understand.  Remember I  battled with this in the Garden of Gethsemane. I have experienced All before you.  I know all pain, anguish, suffering, grief.  The only thing I do not share is your guilt.  That has come from you, not from Me.  That invades your soul from the evil one.

Guilt is something you feed.  Guilt binds you and keeps you from looking to Me.  You want to add salve to your guilt but you can’t – it is impossible.

Your heart believes that ‘when I live in guilt I will prove sorrow, regret at an action’.  This is FALSE.

When you live in guilt, you do not give any credit to the One who can remove All guilt.  But you do not want to ask me to remove it, because you feel it serves a healthy purpose and makes you contrite.  This is FALSE.

If you are contrite then run hastily to Me and give it all over to Me.  Explain why you feel contrite – lay it out before My eyes.  Let Me look at it.  Let My heart investigate it with love.

If you stay in guilt, you are not contrite.  A contrite heart humbly hands over any misdeeds it has done so they can be consumed in the fire of My love.

My love burns all that needs to be rendered whole.

The fire of My love consumes a contrite heart, not burning it but cleansing it, making it whole and healthy again.

I don’t care how many times you bring Me a contrite heart.  The fire of My love will consume that which needs to be cleansed, setting your heart on the path of health once again.

Do not trouble yourself but walk in the light and promise of the Lord.  If it were not so I would have told you.

So the moment guilt climbs on board and takes you to dark places, bring it hastily to My heart and empty your heart’s guilt into Mine.  I can, I will consume your guilt but I can’t unless you bring it to Me.  I will not interfere with your choice – if you want to let the guilt keep gnawing away at you – do you really like that feeling?  But I will answer when you bring it to Me.

So often we hear people say that we have to come to Me with a humble contrite heart.  Yet I tell you that ‘coming to Me’ is the act of a humble contrite heart. 

Remember, it is said – faith without action…

(here God said ‘wait I have to answer the door and He welcomed in Pat (Lisa’s dad) and asked me to come and see Pat and welcome him.  Then God asked me to tell Him how much Pat was loved – Pat kept his head down and saying he was not worthy.  We can be in God’s presence, welcoming our loved ones into His presence.  O God, O God, O God)

Remember, it is said – faith without action is nothing.  So when you come hastily to Me with your guilt that is faith in action.  You believe in My saving, healing graces and you bring the part of you that needs healing to My heart. 

Do you realize what a huge ‘faith into action’ action this is?

Think about it.  We can have faith and put it into action but have we ever realized that the greatest ‘faith into action’ act is believing that anything you bring to Me is honored by My Sacred Heart, is welcomed, is graced, loved, healed, forgiven, set free.  Alleluia!

Getting back to Me asking you to welcome in Pat – why should this be impossible for Me to do?

My kingdom IS.  It is here among you and yet unseen most of the time.  Why wouldn’t I, as I welcome those who have died, ask their friends and relatives to speak to Me about them.

It is not a wild and crazy notion.  It is a simple request.  Come speak to Me about your loved ones who have died.  Tell Me about them.  Encourage My mercy – I love being asked – again it is your faith in action.

Come sit next to Me and I shall tell you more.  Hush, hush, don’t try to run ahead.  Now still your human imagination and sit still with me.  Stop writing and sit still and see with My eyes, My heart.

(O God what a gift you have just given me.)

I invited you to sit with Me and welcome someone in before us.  You welcomed in your Mother and Dad.

You realized that sitting with Me and seeing through My eyes and heart that all you could offer them was your love and you told them you loved them, then listed off to Me the gifts they brought into your life – decency, honesty, faith, your dad was a gentleman, admired by his students; your mother – when she made soup, macaroni, washed your hair, did homework with you.  You got to see their faith in action.

You noticed I did not ask you to name off any of their faults, because that is not what you sit with Me for.  You are called to sit with Me to look on those you call before us to love them and to love them deeper and deeper.  It has nothing to do with any judgments you may have had through your human nature.  It has all to do with just love.

That is why I have taken judgment out of your hands because it stops the flow of love and all, ALL, ALL I have asked you, and all My beloved to do, is love.

So thank Me that you do not have to judge. Thank Me for setting your heart free just to love, to love deeper and deeper.

Now cast your care aside, cast off judgment and don’t hesitate to come aside and sit with Me and welcome those of your family and friends who have died and show Me their goodness and show Me your love for them.

Be still.  Thank you for your tears.  Your hearts desire has been fulfilled – going knowing I love you and My love has no bounds – no separation of heaven and earth.  I am with you always and everywhere!