Take on

#739  Mon. Oct. 16/17,  8:30pm, at home  (Take on)

Come, Come one and all. Listen to My Voice.  Be attentive to My Call.

I can call you anytime and any place.  I want you to know that My Voice will become more and more familiar to you once you consent to opening your heart to having Me the ALL in your life.

What are you willing to give up so that the ALL of Me can move in?  At first that doesn’t sound like a tough question.  But when you start to list off what you are willing to give up                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       to let the ALL of Me dwell in your heart, suddenly it strikes you that there really are some things that you will hesitate, really hesitate to give up.

But I am a patient, Loving God.  I will just keep nudging you “Is there something you can give up to have more of Me abide in you?”

Hmmm.  We almost avoid making a list because then it becomes too concrete and we may have to act on what we list that He may ask us to give up.

So I will make it easier for you.  What are you willing to do to get closer and closer to Me

So it is not about giving up but taking more of Me on.

You can start with one extra Hail Mary a day, said with purpose and sincerely.  That is taking on more of Me, right.

You can add an extra Mass during the week, or an extra visit to Church, or an extra visit to a sick friend.

When it comes to giving something up, it is more all about you .  When it comes to taking on, doing more for our relationship, it really is all about Me.

Like you can give up candy, but tell Me how much closer does that bring us together.

Or, you can take on an extra decade of the rosary, or saying a novena, or reading the Bible.  So now you are doing God-centered things.  Don’t you think that will strengthen our relationship?

And of course they will be healthier in building up our relationship if they are done with Lover and for Love.

So, definitely surrender all to Me, but be most willing then to take My directions for your life that is doing, being more God-centered in all you think, say and do rather than a me centered activity.

If you want to give up candy, then do that, but be sure to replace it with a God-choice of something else to fill the space that is now empty.  Fill it with God.  The Sacredness of God in your life.