REVIEW -- #923 from Dec. 21, 2018

 #923  Fri. Dec. 21/18   7am,   at home

(fog horn)

Let the sun shine.   Now, when this happens it lifts our spirits, doesn’t it.

Yet, ALL is My Creation.  

So how does a cloudy day appear to you, appear to your soul?

I would love you to feel great about the Son of Man coming as a baby, yet coming in the Fullness of Glory.

Yet, again, when we see Him suffer and die on the Cross for us, we are sad.

Yet, we know the Redemption story, so why are we sad?

Sounds like a foolish question but how long do we stay sad when we know even on the gloomiest of days the Son has Risen?

Do you see this comparison?

We who believe in the Lord cannot lose Hope in the Lord, and, if we do, what does that say about our relationship?

We have to go beyond feeling low to allowing the Lord to raise us up which He did at the Resurrection.

Endeavor to apply Me to all situations, not the Crucified Me, but the Glorious Me.

If I had not Risen of course you would be hopeless.  

But I am Risen so explain to Me how you have separated yourself from Me when you feel sad or down or both?

Do not look to your head for your solution.  

Look to your heart, where I should be dwelling and if you do not feel a strong presence of Me, ask Me to open your sad heart and to move in.  

Our lives are a moment by moment encounter with God.

So live with Me moment by moment.  

Do not relive something from the past in your head. 

Do not let your head lead you into the future.

Your heart will tell you.  

It can only live as it was Created to do --- in the moment.  

So, stay in the rhythm of your heart. 

Live that moment and the next --- not searching out the past or fearing the future.

Listen to the fog horn.  

It was not sounding off yesterday was it.  NO, NO.  

Because there was no fog.  

And it was not anticipating fog so would not sound off.  

It will not blow in the future if there is no fog.

So, take concrete examples such as the fog horn that is only ‘living’ in the moment when there is fog.

Such is God.  He is here with me now because He knows I need Him now.

The more we apply God to every now moment of our lives, the more present He will be in our lives.  

Makes sense.

Really, it is the only thing that does.