Attitude or Habit?

#193 Tuesday, Oct. 15/13  10am, St. Theresa’s, before the Blessed Sacrament

So you have your book out so let’s get together and I will dictate and you can write.

Welcome to the chapel.  It is not the same as yesterday, nor is it the same one day to the next.

The adorers are different, the temperature is different, the candles burn differently, the lights are on because it is overcast.

So each time we come to adore, we are doing it for the first and only time, this moment, in your life.

You have never been here before in this moment of time.  It is always new.

See the opportunities I offer you, each one of you, to start anew, to deepen our relationship anew, to wander in My Immense Creation anew.

We talk about our old ways and how hard it is to avoid habits we have nurtured.

But now think about this.  Each day you awaken not at the exact moment, brush your teeth not exactly the same as yesterday, each breakfast not exactly as you did yesterday.

Yet we do not relish these as new moments in our lives.  Have you thanked Me for awakening you this day, having you brush your teeth, eat your breakfast?

You do not have to ask My Permission, yet it would not happen without My Permission.  So thank Me.  This will be a habit you will not have to try to break, but rather try to build.

And your thank you to Me will always be new and for the very and only first time for this

moment in your life.  Pile up your thank yous.  They will never do you any harm.

You may say “I adore every day.”

It sounds like repetition doesn’t it? But it is not!

You do not adore the same today as you did yesterday.  Isn’t that grand.  It eliminates repetition so you can come closer and closer to Me and our union.

If we believe our adoring is the same day in and day out why would we bother to come each day?  Just tell the Lord “ditto” and be off doing something else.

But we know the call is greater than one of repetition.  It is one of confirmation – daily we arise and confirm and affirm our faith in Our Loving God.

And hopefully our relationship is growing with Him so that we can confirm and affirm “I want to be closer to You today than yesterday, Lord.”

That makes our adoration a-fresh.

We have to acknowledge to Him that His Presence in our lives is not stagnant.  It is alive and if it is alive it must grow.

Just as we grow from infancy to childhood to teen-hood to adult-hood to old age, our spiritual self is bound to grow when we come into contact more and more with God and open our hearts to His Creative Love.

Now our souls can get stagnant – yes for sure.  If you are content with your faith and don’t nourish it, of course it won’t grow, it will die.  Just as your body will die if you do not nourish it. 

So do not look upon coming to adoration as ‘the same old thing’ that you do every day.  Now, mind you, it may be if you do not entreat the Lord to help you to become more spiritual. 

So it is not the ‘habit’ of doing something, it is the attitude of doing something – the attitude of your heart and soul.

Do you just come to pass the time, to look good in others eyes, or have you found peace, nourishment, enrichment in My Presence.  Do you see the difference?  If the heart/soul do not change for the better then it is just a habit.

Yet how can you come before Me often and not be changed?  I will worm My Way into your heart.  I am most persistent.  Thank God for that, eh.

Remember to beg Me each day for a new heart. 

Remember that begging Me is not groveling – it is asking to be more My servant today than yesterday.  Complying with My Wishes rather than your plans.  Being flexible because you told Me you want Me in charge of your life.

Sometimes, you see, we say the words “I surrender myself to You” but our heart does not want to fully comply.  We think it does until a circumstance arises and oops “I don’t really want to do THAT, Lord.”

You have seen it lately Margo.  So smile when you see it because it is Me ACTIVE in your life obeying your surrender to Me.

Smile because you thought you were really surrendering till ooops.

Smile because you know it is Me jumping in and disturbing your plans which you thought you had surrendered to Me.

Smile because I LOVE YOU and want to show you how present in your life I want to be.

So nurture the habit of a surrendering heart.  It will never be an old habit, but will be renewed and renewed each time you surrender your heart to Me.  Because it takes conviction, belief, trust, love and a deep ache to know My Will for you.  So it will always be new because I give you a new day, not the same as yesterday or tomorrow, and offer you the opportunity to be closer to Me today than yesterday.

I invite all My Beloved to surrender their hearts to Me.  My Sacred Heart is Immense and will never turn away an eager heart.

I do not turn away uneager hearts either – it is the owner of the uneager heart that does not accept My Invitation to come and abide in My Sacred Heart.

Now do not be concerned about them as if you have to solve their dilemma.  Just bring your soul and their soul into My Loving Presence.

I already know your intentions for them, now you have to allow My Intentions to prevail in them and NOT yours.

You know what I am talking about Margo.  Each person who reads this knows what/whom I am talking about. 

You know where you feel you should jump in and exert your control.  I tell you solemnly to TRUST IN ME and let go of your ego.  I am in charge.

Give Me permission to be in charge.  Loosen My Bonds and let My Heart rule in their heart, not your limited vision of what the fix should be.

I just reminded you Margo that you do not need to know My Will, but rather you need to do My Will which is Let Go and Let God.

As you wish Me to act in their lives, please allow Me to act in yours.

Thank you for listening and writing. Thank you all for reading.  I love each one of you abundantly and beyond.