a street lamp

#282  Thursday, July 17/14,  3:45pm. St. Theresa’s before the Blessed Sacrament

Sit still and know that I AM God. 

Bring all the news that sits heavy on your heart into My Loving Presence.  See how I look on it with Love.

You do not have to give anything up.  You have to take on more of Me.

Be willing to see things as I do, not as your heart dictates to you.

It is easy to bring Me the great happy times because you see Me as a God of Love which perhaps for you equals great and happy.

I want you to see Me as the God of Love in all circumstances.

Love, My Love surpasses all happenings.  It may not make sense of all happenings to you at first, and perhaps never, yet it is only very True.

No circumstance falls outside My Love.  Sometimes we may think that when a bad thing happens, I stopped loving.  It could not be any more FALSE.

I do not stop My flow of Love Graces no matter what the circumstances.

Some have even inferred that when God stops loving you, that is when you die.

I tell you this is o so wrong.

How have we developed a God who turns His Love on and off?   Who told you this?  Pray for them for they are misled and perhaps even misleading others to believe such falseness.

I do not turn My Love on when you are good, then turn it off when you are bad.

Have we said this to our children to make them fearful of losing My Love and then perhaps this will make them more obedient to the parental rule?

Have we said “God does not love you when you are bad.”

Be very careful that you do not mislead My Little Ones in an effort, on your part, to get them to be more obedient.

It would be better that a millstone be tied around your neck….

I really caution every one of you not to lie about My Love.

I LOVE --- everyone, through all time, unconditionally, equally.  Otherwise I am not God.

I Love you whether you are standing on your head or lying to someone, even Me.
I Love you when you are saucy or are kind.
I Love you whether you sit in adoration before Me or you shun Me altogether.

I do not count what you do bad or what you do good.

I COUNT you!  The Father has given you to Me to sustain, to absolve, to treat gently, to smile with, to be patient with, to stand by when you are gossiping.

My Love is CONSTANT.  You can’t change My Constant Love not even for one iota of a second.   That is how much power you don’t have!

You can’t change Me.  But I can change you!  Surprise!

Come and sit with Me.  Yes for some of you I throw this out as a Love Challenge.

If you don’t think much of Me and My Love Power, then there is nothing to lose.  Just come and sit with Me.

Let Me hear from your lips what you really think of Me.  I don’t mind.  You may say nice things, or mean things, and I tell you I do not mind and will not stop Loving you.

That is why I am God and nothing else in the World compares to this promise of Mine.  I will always Love you.

You know there is no one else in your life that can make such a promise.

They may say “I love you Tony, but…   So you can see right away that that is not unconditional love.

We always seem to be able to find some small fault that prevents us from loving someone unconditionally.  Think of the people in your life that you love.

Now tell Me one fault that you see that each one has --- not in common, but what bugs you about this  one, what makes you growl about this other one?  Yet you say you love them.

No one’s faults, failings, weaknesses ever get in the Way of My Unconditional Love.

I do not point out to you that I will love you less for the next 30 minutes because you were gossiping. If you ask, I may point out to you that gossiping does not bring you closer to Me.  Because when you sin who steps away?  Not Me, never Me. 

Look at your soul.  When it is weakened by sin it slips farther and farther away from My Presence.  That is,  I am still as close as ever to you, but you are not as close as ever to Me.

It is like standing under a street lamp.  When you are under it, you are in the full glow of its light at night.  Yet if you see a shiny object a few feet away and go over to pick it up you are in less light now.

The lamppost did not move.  Its light still shines brightly on a certain area, in a certain area.

But something ‘caught our eye’ and we went to see what it was.

That is like sin.  It ‘catches our eye’.  It sometimes, most of the times, looks attractive, shiny, something we want.

If we check it out, realize it is not something we want for our soul, we return to the light. We have handled the temptation in a healthy way for our soul.

We may pick up the shiny object and bring it back into the light and notice it is not what we want or need.  You have brought your soul back into My Light and allowed My Light to enlighten you as to the worthlessness or unworthiness of this choice.

At no time do I (the lamppost) move.  You may come near at times so you can ‘see’ your life better.  And at other times you may move away attracted by something that hangs outside of My Loving Light.

See yourself standing next to the light of the lamppost.  These are times you are closer to Me and being enlightened by Me.

See yourself moving away from the light of the lamppost.  Moving away from our relationship which can lead you into sin.