Patience

#360  Fri. Mar. 13, 2015, 6:45 am, at home  (burgundy book)

My Dear People, Harken to My Words.

Words of Love. Words of Patience. Words of Caring. Words of Compassion.

Sit still and know that I am God.  The Fullness of God – I am your Creator, Saviour and Instructor.  I cannot be broken up, but am One in All.

Quiet your heart and be eager for My Words, and the next Words and the next Words.

Let them seep ever so gently into your soul.  Let them nourish your soul that so aches to be in harmony with My Will.

Touch nothing.  Look for nothing.  Be satisfied, o so satisfied with the very present.  Drink it in in its fullness for it will soon pass.

Be patient with Me, your God.  Do not insist that I rush to your side.  Be very patient with how I act in your life.

Patience is a great virtue, so be grateful to Me that I provide opportunities for you to practice great patience.

It sometimes looks to you like I am not interested, or not caring, but it is really all part of My Plan for your life --- for you this very day. 

Be patient when I call you from one task to another. 

Be patient when I interrupt your sleep to pray.

Be patient when you have planned one thing and I jump in to make it something different.

Notice all the body changes when you get impatient --- increased heart rate, breathing, frowning, unhappy thoughts.  Take careful note because your body will tell you that you are not practicing patience --- either with Me, yourself, or another.

When you are trying to fix something and it is not working to be fixed as fast as you would like, are you smiling, speaking gently to Me or yourself or another?  NO. 

For sure not.  You may even use words that you know are not good for you, the environment, or Me.

Do we ever practice patience in good times?  Like are you patient waiting, just waiting for the good time to pass?   For instance, you are visiting with your grandchild, do you get impatient hoping the time will pass faster so you don’t have to enjoy the child’s company any longer?

So you see, we get impatient when we feel things are out of our control and when we feel they are out of our control indicates that “the thing” is not turning out as we would like it to turn out.

---  the street light is taking too long to turn green

---  the snow won’t melt fast enough

---  your cold keeps hanging on

---  the phone won’t stop ringing

---  your tv goes on the blink in the middle of a good show

---  your toilet backs up

---  your toaster goes on the blink

And when one or more of these things happen, if we can‘t fix it almost instantly, we get impatient.

So what lesson do you think I am allowing you to learn in any one of these instances?

First, that I am in charge because you would not have planned any of these to happen and interfere with your life.

Second, that I am giving you an opportunity to practice patience for the good of both your body and soul.

It doesn’t look like it does it, but how can you practice patience unless you have the opportunity to practice it?

So welcome all such instances and thank Me for the opportunity for you to practice this great virtue.

Salut for now.  Off you go to practice patience joyfully in this new holy day!!

I love you.  You are My Beloved one.  Smile because Jesus Loves me.