REVIEW: Dry Desert Time #67

 #67     Dec. 13, 2012,  5:12 a.m.  Muscat, Oman

(The Lord gave me time to ‘wait’ and contemplate His Sacred Heart.)

So what you have realized as a gift from Me is the fact that there is no ‘dry desert time’ in your life when I feel far away.

That is, what may appear to you as a ‘dry desert time’ when you do not seem to be as close to Me as other times, is really a Gift from Me!

It is not a low time, but rather a different time of spending time with Me.  It is a great opportunity to release yourself to deeper trust, deeper love, deeper dependence. 

Do not look for Me in these times but look for the opportunity to trust Me more without any apparent rhyme or reason; to believe in Me more without apparent recompense; to love Me more seeking nothing in return.

Abandoning yourself to ‘something’ (ME) who does not seem as alive and present to you right now.

What a great Gift!   

You must know first of all that I have not abandoned you.  OK – you got that straight?  

Now keep that close to your heart and remind yourself of it when it seems like a ‘dry desert time’.  I have said it and so it is so.

But cherish the times when you feel less in contact with Me.  I want you to become deeper in our relationship but this will not happen unless I give you ‘dry desert times’.

Cherish them, rejoice in them, share them, smile because you know you are not deserted yet have this opportunity to realize that ‘dry desert times’ are gifts from the One who Loves you.  

You can’t manage to live in high times all the time.  It would not feed and fulfill your nature.  

You NEED ‘dry desert times’ to become more you as I Love you to be.

It is not a time to throw your hands up in frustration saying “I don’t seem to be able to pray as well” or “whatever inspirational thing I am writing doesn’t seem to be getting to my soul” or “I can’t seem to concentrate when saying the rosary.”

So do you throw our relationship aside too?  

Or do you say “Hmmm, there is something deeper going on here.  Instead of trying to do better, why do I not just allow myself to ‘be’ – to sit in His Presence not begging to be first in line, or have His Approval, or seek a pat on the head, or a thumbs up for my spiritual efforts.”

I dare you to come aside and sit in My Presence and experience what seems to be a ‘dry desert time’ with Me.  

You may not feel as strong in your faith, as committed in your faith but that is neither here nor there. 

Please get to know, get to realize that this ‘dry desert time’ is My Special Gift to you.  It is not a taking away of My Graces, My Help.

It is a strengthening of our relationship.  

It is trusting when you feel ho hum. 

It is praying when all seems unanswered.

It is being willing to stay in My Presence when I do not feel present.

Now it is not a test of your faith this ‘dry desert time’.  Rather it is an opportunity to deepen your faith on this journey together.  

Sometimes people presume that I have moved away, have abandoned them at these times.  It could not be any more wrong.

I cannot abandon you.  

But as you grow in your prayer life, as you beg to be closer to Me, as you kneel in thanks to the souls in purgatory, these are all signs to Me that you want to experience a deeper journey with Me and how else can this happen other than thru the Gift (My Gift to you!) of the ‘dry desert times’. 

Thus if you are praying your rosary and do not seem to be as devote even though you are trying – Stop, smile and realize that I am inviting you to experience this ‘dry desert time.’

Put aside all other spiritual distractions and sit with Me.  Tell Me how much you love Me, how much you trust Me, how much you want to know Me more.  

Do not look for, or wait for, an answer from Me.  

Remember, this is your ‘dry desert time’ – I do not have to nourish you because the ‘dry desert time’ is in itself full of My Nourishment – of a different kind.

I know you questioned (and I don’t mind) when I said ‘put aside all other spiritual distractions’ because you feel that others will say I am saying that your daily prayers and the rosary are distractions – that is, not good enough. 

They are good, I have told you before, yet what would My Precious Mother tell you – “Do as He says” – not do as you wish or think appropriate.  These words from her precious lips speak volumes.  

She is telling you that I know best, that I know what you need right now and for you to “Do as He says”.  

She knows the precious value of the rosary.  My Mother would not have given it to you if it had not come from Me to her.

She does not act alone in anything she does.  Yet she willingly acts in response to My Wishes for you and the world.  

She is willing to be mocked for My sake and the salvation of souls.  My Mother is stronger than you think – not in working miracles as such, but in being obedient.  

She has not lost the understanding of her role in Creation.  She does not try to usurp any of My God-given power.  

She cries to serve Me tenderly.  She obediently steps out of the shadow of the Cross to make Me known to others.  

I love her so!  I cling to her faithfulness.  I delight in her very being.

So do not think I ever belittle her when I may ask you to put aside your routine prayers, which may include the rosary, and come aside and sit with Me.  

“Do as He says” – Could anyone have said more profound life-changing words than these?  

Sure My Words are life-changing, however My Mother is not Me.  

She is not God, yet she knows that the promises I made to her are fulfilled, so her precious words “Do as He says” reach down through generations and enable each of My Precious Creations to either choose to follow Me or not.

You notice she does not say “Do as He says…. Or else.”  

With her pointing to Me, she does not inject any of herself into it. She knows My Love, and My Love never threatens dire consequences otherwise it would not be Pure Love.  

May I caution you.  Do not look for the ‘dry desert times’ because then you have taken your attention off of Me and substituted it with your plan to look for the ‘dry desert time.’

You will know it when it comes.  Let it settle on you as from out of nowhere.  

Rejoice when it does come.  Embrace this special time with Me.  Honor it with your trust, smile because it is a marvelous part of our journey together.  

It is a special blessing – so see it as just that.  

No need to brag “heh, I am going through a ‘dry desert time’.” You will know by My prompting with whom you should share this.  And perhaps I will ask you to share it with no one.  And be most satisfied to do just that.

Obedience is all part of this ‘dry desert time’.  That fact, of obedience, does not change.

So come aside and sit with Me and thank Me for revealing to you the enormous Graces that a ‘dry desert time’ has for you.  

It has never been, nor intended to be, a graceless time.  It is a fine-tuning time.  

It is a calling to come aside and deepen your very ‘being’.  It is a diet time – ridding yourself of the things that creep in that need to be let go of.  

As you sit with Me in this ‘dry desert time’ things will be revealed to you that you are not seeking, yet are so beneficial for your soul.  

Once again, seek nothing in this ‘dry desert time’.  Yet your faithfulness, to be willing to come aside and joyfully embrace it, will produce a 100 fold.

So fear not the ‘dry desert time’ -- it is a Special Gift from Me.  If it were not so I would have told you.

Sit quietly with this grace-filled knowledge.  Smile, with thanks that you can’t contain, for you know more of Me, more of My Plans for you.  

Rejoice as the Shepherds!  --  for you are seeing the Glory of God.