a Fuller Life

#318  Tues. Nov. 3/14,  St. Theresa’s, 10:50am, before the Blessed Sacrament

Oh My People I yearn to see your faces.

Faces alight with Love and Joy and Mercy and Forgiveness.

We don’t think that Forgiveness of others will light up our faces, but it will.  My Forgiveness of you should also set your face in Joy.

So the true light that every face needs to reflect is one of My Love.

Notice the lines on your face.  Are they more happy or more concerned lines?

Does My Love shine forth from your face at all or are you so preoccupied that you forget the blessings I pour over you which, when well received, should shine through your eyes and thus light up your face?

Do not let today’s concerns draw you away from Me into you.  When that happens your countenance changes.

You know we cannot ‘put on’ happy.  Sure we can bluff some people by putting on a happy act, but we know we are not happy, and that really is the ultimate goal.  Not to please others by pretending to be happy, but rather to please ourselves by knowing we are happy in the Lord.

It is more of contentment.  Being content in the Lord.  His Plans for you reflect in your face.

If and when we are anxious about a deadline or some such, we are not content in the NOW with the Lord.

We use the words stressed, busy, preoccupied, rushed off our feet.

Do any of these terms reflect the prime presence of God in your life?

Then what brings on the stress?   Are we following our plans or the plans the Lord has made for us?

If I have to get something done and there is a deadline, how do I not stress out Lord?

Ask Me, Please Ask Me, to come alongside you and work through the job hand in hand.

Do you tell Me “Lord I am so busy today can you help me keep walking with You through it all” ?

OR simply “Walk with me Lord, Lead me.”   He knows you are stressed.  We don’t have to tell Him.  What He wants to hear from us is that we are most willing to have Him lead us through our day.

When you do this, it will seem that the hours instead of looking shorter, become more drawn out – i.e.  -- you seem to be able to get more done in the same amount of time.

Our attitude either seems to expand or contract the day.

What I want for you is that even if your day is busy you get the fullness of each moment out of it by walking with Me, by allowing Me to lead you by the hand as you face each new task.

It will be a fuller day for sure because I am in it with you!

Do you see?  That even though the hours are the same – 24 – you get more out of each second, minute, hour when you walk it with Me.

It will not be a busier life, but a fuller life, which eliminates the busy.

Let Me see your face.  Do you get this very important teaching? Are you smiling because this is the tid-bit of information that was most essential for you to hear and now to put into practice?

Your happiness over this revelation will surely reflect in your face.

See what a great doctor I am.  I can even eliminate some of your facial wrinkles!   I know this sounds silly, but it is true. Your face will be more relaxed and at ease with the world when you let Me lead you through each day.  And if it is reflected in your face, it is also registering in every one of your body cells.

Sit with Me.  Abandon yourself to Me.  Let Me live in your day with you from inside out.

More time with Me.

#317  Wed. Oct. 29/14,  9:45am,  St. Theresa’s, before Blessed Sacrament

Do not let a moment pass when My Words do not speak to your soul.

Sounds like a commandment.  But no, it is My Aching urging that you come to realize how important each moment of your life is to Me.

I am in each moment of your day.  Will you claim that Good News to your heart?   Or will you think it foolish of Me to keep repeating how often I am with you.

But you may not have heard these Loving Words of Mine in your heart this day or ever really.

Some may not think I mean them.  But that is your head thinking not your heart yearning.

See how far you can see.  Sometimes not far for a building or mountain can obstruct your view.  Even when you stand in the middle of the prairies you cannot see ALL.  Even if you had eyes in the back of your head.  You still could not see beyond the curving surface of the earth to the other side of the world.  Yet I can see ALL.

So why would you not rely on the one who can see ALL?

Do not limit yourself to your vision of the World.  Step out of this confinement into My View of ALL.

Do not let your eyes lead you, but rather put your soul in charge of leading you.

With your eyes you see the world as cluttered or clean.  With your soul you see the world as a contented or discontented person.

You can close your eyes and see nothing and still be either content or discontent.  So when you look out on the world and are upset with what you see happening, check your soul.

Why are you discontent when you see a messy kitchen?

Do you see it as physical drudgery or do you see it with your soul as a time to spend in prayer with Me?

Your eyes tell your head “oh, this is more work!”

But I ask you to let your soul tell you “This is more time for me to spend loving the Lord.”

Do you see the difference this makes in your body?

Do you see the difference this makes in your soul?

Of course there is a difference.  Thank Me that I have pointed out to you another healthy way for your body and soul to be in ‘good union’ with each other.

I want you healthy and whole.  So all of these Words of Mine are intended to bring you to a better place of wholeness and completeness.

Don’t we all ache for peace?  Yet I am so willing to show you how you can reach and maintain peace more often.

So start by practicing a good soul response when you see a dirty kitchen.  You have to start somewhere and this will not only help your prayer life but keep your kitchen clean.

Rather than offering up the task of cleaning the kitchen to Me, thank Me, thank Me, thank Me that you have more time to spend in prayer with Me.

It is a whole new attitude in our relationship, not you offering the task, but rather you thanking Me that this task brings you closer to Me in prayer time.

Go in peace, keeping your kitchen clean through thanksgiving.