A Great Twist

#618  Tues. Jan. 17/17, St. Theresa’s before the Blessed Sacrament

(A Great Twist)

Sit quietly and write.  I want you here with Me.  It does not matter where the “here” is.  If you are reading these Words of Mine, then you are “here” with Me.

Throw off all hatred.  Throw off all anger.  Throw off all concerns and just be oh so grateful to be “here” with Me right now.

I am with you always, yet we can start to say I am with You always Lord.  What a great twist. 

We depend on, believe that He is with us always, yet are we willing to commit ourselves to being with Him always?

Yet, if we jump quickly from anger into My Most Sacred Heart, then you most certainly are trying more often to be with Me always, rather than being with, and only with, your angry self.

Your anger does not cling to Me, but rather clings to and endeavors to nourish you with your self-righteousness and selfishness and self-worth.

Yet, ultimately after we have immersed ourselves in our chosen anger, we feel less complete and almost self-loathing to think we allowed our anger to run amuck and destroy the relationship we have.

But, be aware, we can go from feeding our anger to feeding our self-loathing.  Do you see the downward spiral of sin?  Yes, call it sin.  Don’t dance around it.  It is what it is. Otherwise if it is not sin, it does not tear apart our relationship.

And if you are in anger you most certainly are not in a good healthy relationship with Me. Right?

Sometimes we want to avoid calling ourselves sinners don’t we.  We prefer to think that we aren’t perfect like God and can’t even strive for that perfection.

So notice how we eagerly forgive ourselves because we are only human, instead of seeking out the Sacrament and be released from the bonds of sin. 

We then are not only the sinner, but the judge!  We either judge our sins too extreme for God to ever forgive, or too minor to bother Him with.  True?   True.

Do you see the further error we add to our sin of anger.  We judge the goodness or badness of it, i.e. we determine what Graces our soul needs to heal from it.

And in case you did not remember, you cannot hand out Graces as if they come from you. 

You were not Created as the Forgiver and Saviour of yourself or others.  You can only offer yourself and others My Forgiveness which comes to its fullness in Confession.

How often do we resort to the fact that, for the most times, Jesus, I am a good person.

Again we hold the scales, again we are looking at ourselves as not really bad at all, yet we fail to tell the Lord “I want to be better, I want to be closer to You this day Lord than yesterday.” 

I want You to lead me Lord and not fail to remind me, Lord, of how I can grow closer and closer to You.

Are we satisfied to believe and confess within ourselves that we are really deep down a good person.  Is that all we want to be in our eyes? 

Are we not eager to run to the Lord and beg Him for the Graces that will make you a better person each and every new holy day?

Are you satisfied with the you of today and not eager for a newer you tomorrow?

This has nothing to do with content and discontent.  This has all to do with knowing God more fully each and every day.  Depending on Him more fully each and every day.

Asking Him to guide you out of anger and letting Him judge others.

Oh Sweet Jesus, open my eyes to the fact that I can’t fix me, only You can. 

Oh Sweet Jesus, bring my spirit into a deeper understanding of our relationship.

Oh Sweet Jesus, lighten and enlighten my heart to serve only You.

Oh Sweet Jesus, lead me by the hand this day.  I give You permission to lead me by the hand this day.

The only judgment call I can legitimately make each and every day is that I need You more in my life this day and the next and the next.

Less of me and Tonnes more of You.

Let your heart be peaceful.  You have asked Me to lead you and so I shall. 

I Love you and will do nothing less.