Look Around

#85    Jan. 17, 2013,  Thursday, St. T. Chapel  10:10a.m. before Blessed Sacrament

My words are unshakeable.  You may want to shake some of them off but each one is sacred and eternal.

Hush your mind.  Still your heart. (How can I still my heart.) By ‘still your heart’ I want nothing that is unpeaceful abiding there.  Your heart gets frantic when unpeaceful thoughts and emotions fill it.  So still your heart. 

Cross over into My heart and look around.

What do you see or perceive?  There is no loneliness, no questioning, no what ifs or should haves.

It is in the presence of the eternal Father – created by Him and nurtured by Him.

It remains open and free to anyone who approaches. No one is turned away.  It does not take stock of your past.  It wants you to abide in it NOW.

It does not shun from squalor, pain, abuse, meanness, hostility, bragging, discontent, shyness, lack of kindness. 

The opposites of these abide in My heart.  So how will anyone know about them if they don’t enter in.

My efforts to win souls for eternity are not based on shallow words.  My efforts are driven by My Sacred Heart.  I want all to know Me and knowing Me makes them so complete.

Although as humans they are surrounded by the busy world which is sometimes too busy for Me, they need a safe haven in which to come aside and realize the fullness of being human.

It is not all about pain and disappointment which many center on in their lives, but abiding with the One who shares in the pain, directs it to a healthier place.  The pain may not diminish, but the result of sharing the pain with Me, allows you to better endure the pain. 

Why do you run from pain?

We don’t welcome pain.  That sounds odd.  But I do not mean go looking for it, rather embrace it when it appears and bring it to Me.  Share your pain, share your feelings about the pain.  Tell Me what you would rather have.  Ask Me, beg Me to help you endure the pain if that is My will.

Do not become discouraged.  This pain really is meant to unlock doors in you that have been closed to Me. 

So when you come to Me with the pain, ask Me to show you not the root of the pain necessarily but rather what this pain reveals about you.

It is not about what you did or didn’t do that seems to have brought this pain on you. 

Rather with this pain – how will you react and reflect?

This pain wants to reveal something to you, about you, that needs to be brought to Me for healing.

I can, if it is My will, heal the pain.  But ask Me first to reveal what the pain is really trying to tell me about my relationship with myself, family, friends and rest of the world.

I never inflict pain, however I may allow it to appear to lead you closer to Me.

So when pain comes upon you

--     first ---- embrace it.

--    second ---- call it by name – pain in my toe, knee, head, etc.

--     third ----  bring it to Me and take the time with Me to look at this pain and see what it wants to reveal to you about our relationship.

Embrace it – because it is part of God the Father’s creation.

Call it by name -  Jesus has called you by name to journey with Him.  He called the apostles by name to come follow Him. 

Look at this pain with me --  the Holy Spirit wants you to understand, to know, to practice piety with this pain. 

Allow yourself to fall into the Holy Trinity with this pain. 

Go in peace.  Not necessarily pain free, but assured in your pain.

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