Begin with Thank You!

#105   March 13, 2013   10:15a.m., St. Theresa’s Chapel before the Blessed Sacrament

I, the Lord, want to share with you.

Are you listening or are there things on your mind?

Toss all else aside.  Do not worry about the papal elections.  I am in charge.  My Will will be done.  So pray in thanksgiving to the Holy Spirit who will assert himself over the conclave & touch many hearts.  So, pray in joyful thanks for a holy pope.

What is your cross today?  Gee you don’t have one?  Perhaps I have allowed you to rise above what would have formerly been crosses to you.  You know that I have, so thank Me in recognition of what I have done already for you.

Always have the thank-you prayer first and foremost on your lips.

Like “thank you Lord for encouraging my heart to ache more and more for You.”

Endeavor now to begin each request or acknowledgement with a most sincere thank-you.

It brings your heart into a place of humility before Me.  It enables Me to see the sincerity of the prayer you bring before Me  --  that it comes from a heart that yearns to know Me more, and is so grateful for the opportunity to know Me more.

As you pray each time, at any and every moment, let your heart sing praises to Me for My goodness and blessings.  Once again, I do not need your praises but you need to praise Me otherwise you think that you are the god in control of all.

When we do not thank, we withhold part of our humanity that does not want to share glory with another.  True isn’t it?

Like why thank hubby for emptying the dishwasher because you do it a lot of times and he doesn’t thank you.  It should just be a normal task that you don’t have to thank for.  BUT, I tell you, be gracious for all your hubby, parents, sister/brother, friend do for you.

Be graciously thankful, not obstinately thankful or half-hearted thankful.  Be fully thankful because you know the blessing it brings into your life – you don’t have to do the task!

Thank, thank, thank.  You know how you feel when thanked.  So endeavor to make others feel good about themselves and the service they have rendered.

Why don’t we want to give thanks?  It is a good question.

Usually because we expect thanks in return. Well folly doddle that. Let go of poor you and move into rich Me – rich in kindness, gentleness, love, forgiveness, humility.

Don’t get in the Way of My graces for you!  Do you realize what you are missing in buckets of graces when you aren’t as kind as I am?  And you can be – yes, you can be.

Don’t say “I am not as good as God”, rather say, “God help me to be as good as you!”

You see who is in charge, you see who you give permission to act in your life --  not you but rather Me.

Stay true to listening to My Voice which will encourage you to be kind in all sorts of ways to all sorts of people.  Let it flow because you will be bowled over by the graces that will flow back over you.

Step into My floodgate of graces.  Honor them by acting as I have asked you to.

Release them over you and others.  You have seen what happens when you are obedient to My Will – doors open that were shut; hearts melt that were once hard; life looks cleaner and brighter.

Let My Graces flow, Let My Graces flow.

Now go and be very kind and very thankful and share My Graces with others.  They may not know these graces are from Me, but you and I know that these graces will positively affect their lives.

God Bless.  I love you.  Thank you for coming to sit with Me today!