"A New Manger Scene!"

#216  Wed. Dec. 18/13,  at home, 1:45

You have just re-read some chapters of the book Margo and are most grateful for the reminders they bring – like content/discontent.

I want My People Joyful. Are they struggling with some pain?  Then  bring it to Me.  I do not speak of Joyful as being pain-free.  But rather a commitment of the heart to know that I am with you in the midst of All.

We often think of joyful as being happy, laughing, without a care in the world.  But that is a human definition of joyful.

I want you to know that My Meaning of Joyful is quite different.

Take the shepherds when they heard and saw the heavenly choir and then beheld the babe Jesus.  How did their lives change?  They no doubt still went back to shepherding.  So, were the sheep always obedient from that time onward?  Did the prowling animals never give them anymore problems?  Was the ground softer on which they sat and slept? Did they inherit a great new wardrobe?  I don’t think so.

So what did change in their lives that would make them Joyful in this harsh life style?

They met God. And knew that they met God.  And accepted that it was not their livelihood that was changed but their hearts were changed.

Can you imagine their conversations from then on? 

Can you imagine how they saw Creation around them from then on?

Can you imagine how their hearts were changed from then on? 

I did not promise them that all circumstances in their lives from then onward would be great, grand and wonderful.  I did not have to.  Because once you have come in contact with God all else is part of life’s journey till you come face to face with the Creator.

Don’t be blinded by the evil one who will not hesitate to remind you that he thought for sure that God promised you peace and joy.  So, why are tough things happening to you?  Maybe God’s promises aren’t as True as He says they are???

The Joy comes from knowing Me, from aching to serve Me, from loving and being willing to forgive and forgive again.

That is the Joy, I, God have promised you.  When you know, love and serve Me there is nothing that can take this Joy from your heart.

This Joy is permanent and constant.  However, we may not be permanent and constant in knowing, loving and serving God each day and thus the Joy He wants us to have we can erase quite easily as we focus on ourselves and less on God.

You cannot create the Joy I have in mind for you.  You can accept it and willingly invite it to live with you, but you cannot create it.

You can think you have created a joyful situation, but see how long it lasts, how fleeting it is.

We are coming back to content and discontent aren’t we.  We all want to be content which has a joyful ring to it.  So when you feel discontent, then for some there is no joy.  See how ALL these Words of Mine are connected one to the other. 

If you are content that My Will is being done even if it does not match yours, you will be Joy-filled. 

It is not a jumping up and down, crazy over the moon kind of joy but a Joy that I instill in  a heart that I know is looking to serve Me with contentment.

It is a soul Joy, a soul contentment.  It is like your soul is founded on a rock that is solid and though it gets battered by wind and rain it stays secure, secure in its Creator.

That is the Joy I want for you this Christmas.

The Joy of knowing you can be in My Presence.

The Joy of knowing I am always in your presence.

The Joy of knowing you can never lose My Love.

The joy of knowing that all else can fade away but our Love for each other will not.

The Joy of knowing that each breath is Me breathing in you.

The Joy of knowing that no circumstance falls outside My Love and Care.

The Joy of knowing you are forgiven.

The Joy of knowing that I give you unlimited chances to return or turn to Me for sustenance and guidance.

The Joy of knowing that I AM TRUTH.

The Joy of knowing how much I Love and Forgive each member of your family – including you.

The Joy of knowing that believing is a great Grace and Gift from Me.

My Gift of Joy for you this Christmas is not limited to just these.  I want you to see with your soul, feel with your soul ALL the Joy I will bring into your life this Christmas.

Don’t look for it.  Don’t look for the human gaiety, yet know also that that is Joy from Me to you!

See all the joy as coming from Me --- that is the trueness that your soul has to acknowledge – that ALL that comes from Me has My Heart and Hand on it and thus it is JOY.

God Bless each of you.  The big and small, the lame, the sighted, the loner, the abandoned, the rich, the not so rich, the gambler, the horse rider, the astronaut, the gourmet cook, the tumbler, the acrobat, the child, the adult, the senior, the actor, the choir member, the artist, the talented, the crusader, the bottle maker, the hunter.

What title would you call yourself?  Then add it to the list above and know that you are being mightily Blessed by Me this Christmas.

I love each of you.  Instead of you holding Me as a babe in your arms this Christmas, see yourself in the manger being held by Me.  I have come to you this Christmas, will you then come to Me?

Can you envision Me adoring you in the manger this Christmas?  I am there adoring My Father’s Creation!

What a new manger scene that presents!  WOW!

Will you make yourself that humble this Christmas and let Me adore you?

This is almost too much Joy for the heart to take in, eh?