“In trying to control the situation, searching for freedom of spirit, you have found not life, but the opposite. Finally, in surrendering, peace and freedom, the cool breeze and freshness comes from God to restore you.”(From Gianna below)
We do like the illusion of control, don’t we? We see people living lives of desperation because a loved one has crossed over to a different plane, or an election didn’t turn out the way we had hoped. We immerse ourselves in the loss of something we knew was temporary, yet, instead of opening our souls to God, and His eternal promise, we choose to dwell on the things that we can’t change, causing misery not only for ourselves, but for everyone around us. Self pity becomes our crutch, and the rest of our lives here on earth become compromised because we choose to stay in the temporal instead of opening up to The One who gives eternal life.
Change is assured, and the only thing we can control is how we react to it, and how we choose to live our lives going forward. God offers us a place and a way of being that brings new hope. A place of resurrection in His light that brings peace back to our souls in the awareness of His eternal gift. His Kingdom is here and now, and all we have to do is open our hearts and souls, and say “yes” to Him. To use our pain in love to embrace and give honor and glory to His Kingdom on Earth, that we all get to carry each other home in his precious light. He has the answer and the refreshment for everything we seek or could ever possibly desire. The choice is ours, and God is by far the path of least resistance. May we pour our hearts and souls into Him, that we all exist in His precious and eternal light. In perfect love. Totus Tuus.❤️🙏
As told to Gianna Talone Sullivan, May 2, 1992, I am your Jesus of Mercy Vol IV
Dryness of the Desert
“My dear one, in the heat of a hot summer, looking out into the desert, you feel the dry, hot wind beat against your face, and the stillness makes you wonder in the torturous heat how there is life. You begin to thirst and your skin begins to become dry and scorched. Where is the beauty of the desert,
you say. Where are the milky cacti and the budding flowers with bees
suckling the honey?
Your soul, empty, is searching for coolness and fluid to
drink. Where is my God, you wonder, to refresh me and calm
my mind. Where is the gentle breeze of my Jesus? You pray,
you wait, you pray again. You wait..you pray…no answer.
Now you exert anger and more energy. Your tears begin to
stream down your searching, thirsty soul, fighting control. You
wait. You wait, and you wait! Then in silence you surrender,
realizing you are exerting energy without result. You accept,
and now you pray without words.
The clouds now begin to cover the heated sun. Exhausted,
you relax and close your eyes. The sweat streaming becomes
your cooling source. The warm breeze brings a soft and gentle
freshness. You fall into a peaceful sleep.
My dear one, what I have described here is how the soul
in dryness exerts every last energy in the heat of searching for
water to drink, in order to revive itself to life. It is the walk
of the night where the light is so strong it blinds you, and you
become anxious because the beauty of life is taken away. So,
what do you do? You exert all your energy in attempting to
find that beauty and, in the process, you become exhausted.
The sun is so hot, it dries every source of energy from you.
You become more thirsty!
In trying to control the situation, searching for freedom of
spirit, you have found not life, but the opposite. Finally, in sur-
rendering, peace and freedom, the cool breeze and freshness
comes from God to restore you. The desert becomes a garden
of beauty. The mountains shadow the desert and illuminate
their lavender softness with the sunset! Everything that you
thought was dying from the scorch of the heat is now clearly
the radiance of the beauty of the desert.
My point of this lesson, My dear one, is to teach My
people to be still, quiet, silent, in dryness of the soul. WAIT
PATIENTLY for God to show His face to you. Do not be
afraid; do not be anxious. You are not alone. Submit in sur-
render and in acceptance of yourself. Strip open your soul. Lay
bare. Be humble. Remember, humility is grounded in silence.
WAIT, as I have waited. Look within. Be simple. Do not battle
with control. Do you walk against a sand storm, or do you find
refuge and keep still. You cannot control a sand storm! And so
is the soul in dryness. It cannot control. Control will only delay
by causing more blindness. WAIT FOR THE DAWN. WAIT.
DAWN WILL COME, and all will be renewed.
Bless you, My sweet one. Here is the honey now for you
to suckle and nurture your soul in God’s love. Here is the
honey for all My people. HERE I AM. Peace.”