Serve with Joy

#489  Wed. Feb. 10/16,  10:15am, St Theresa’s before the Blessed Sacrament

(Serve with Joy)

Undo all that binds you.  Ask Me to undo all that binds you.  You may not see all the little strings and knots that bind you, but I do.

You may think you know what binds you and that is what you think you have to deal with.  But I tell you there are far more things that bind you that you do not know about.

So, ASK Me.  I am here to serve the servant.  I want to unbind you so that all that you do in service to Me you do with great Joy.

If/when you have binds on you that keep your heart in chains, you know you can try to serve Me but it just doesn’t work to the greatest effect as it would if your heart was unbound. 

Before Confession, ask Me to unbind your heart – to help you take off the chains that prevent you from making a good confession.

I want your heart free so that it can serve Me with great Joy. 

When you serve with Joy you are not looking for any recompense.  The Joy you experience while serving Me is recompense enough.

You never thought of it like that before did you!  So you see if you try to serve Me with a heart that is all bound up, after you have served Me you will look around for the reward!

So, let the Joy with which you serve Me from an unfettered heart be all the reward you ever need.

And to live in and serve in that Joy you will have to unloose that which binds your heart.

Ask Me to help you and I will leap in with scissors and snip and cut away all that holds your heart in bondage.

Let Me help.  I know what has to be cut loose.  Just tell Me “Lord release me from my bonds.”

And be prepared to have Me reveal to you what these bonds are so you can take them to Confession for the abundant Graces that you will receive there.

If I take away your bonds,  I also want to fill you with Graces.

So let go of the bonds in the Sacrament of Confession and receive the Graces waiting for you there.

Ask Me what bonds you need to confess and I will gladly point them out to you.  Just Ask.

Each one of our hearts has been in bondage for a long, long time.

Now is the right time to seek healing and seek freedom from this bondage.

Come to Me all who are burdened…

You have heard Me say this and it applies to you and your situation right now.

Come adore the Lord who alone can release you from your bondage.

I want you to serve Me Joyfully this lent.  Can you see the difference?

You no longer have to do penance with a long face, but you get to serve Me Joyfully because your heart is free and eager to do so since your heart is no longer in bondage.

Be Joyful this Lent.  Serve Me Joyfully this Lent.