“For every one who exalts himself will be humbled, but the one who humbles himself will be exalted.” Luke 7:14
I need to remember that everything I do, and everything
I have comes from God’s gifts and blessings. Any talent or gifts that God has chosen to bestow upon me are for His greater good, and for the advancement of His Kingdom. Even the work I have done, or will do for Him are for His glory and not mine. We learned in Proverbs that “Pride goeth before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.(16:18) While I was born with a skin color, sex, and sexual orientation that once carried certain social advantages, these things never made me virtuous, nor does the lack of them make anyone else virtuous. While society can be tough on us for various reasons, the greatest virtue we can carry is still humility. God calls ALL of us to humble ourselves before Him as Jesus demonstrated, to remember His passion, death, and resurrection so that we can exemplify that humility in the same way that He did, or as He would have us do as we carry His light out into the world. With humility comes understanding, and with understanding comes love and acceptance. Where there is love and acceptance, there is no need for pride. May we remain aware that pride is still the deadliest of sins, May we carry God’s light going forth, and remember that everything we do is for His glory, and not ours. This requires much patience in the world in which we live. I pray that God grant us that patience as we carry His light forward in perfect love. Totus Tuus.❤️🙏
As told to Gianna Talone Sullivan, May 17, 1992, I am your Jesus of Mercy Vol IV
More Patience
“My dear little one, I am your Jesus of Mercy Who comes
to embrace your soul, to love, to guide, to teach, to pro-
tect and to comfort. I am here with you now, desiring to give
another lesson to the people of My heart. I shall continue to
speak My words and dictate them to you as long as My people
continue to listen and work on overcoming their obstacles by
surrendering to the truth, accepting My love and guidance.
I wish tonight, My little one, to continue on the topic of
patience. I have mentioned patience before, but now I wish
to speak further on the subject. I wish for My people to bear
their tribulations with patience. Bear the offenses against you
for God’s sake, your neighbor’s sake and the sake of your-
self. Whatever good or evil you do, you do for or against
yourself!
Have compassion on those who do evil against you. Have
compassion on their sins. If they do good, offer it to God. If
they do bad, pray for them; have compassion and try to help
them. When someone competes with you, lose if you want to
win! The way of salvation is in the way of losing. If someone
speaks ill of you, bear with patience and help him by speaking
worse of yourself. If someone offends you, bear it patiently for
the love of God and in remission of your sins. Do not offend
anyone! Bear patiently without complaining.
You are blessed, those who keep their sins and the good-
ness of God before their eyes. Do not expect God to reward
you. Blessed are you who do not seek consolation from man
or seek justice! Remember, holy men do good and suffer evil.
It is far greater to suffer and bear patiently an offense against
you than to fast and mortify yourself. What good would it do
to fast and then seek justice for an offense, even if invalid or
not true?
Those who bear their tribulations with patience always keep
their sins before their eyes, and therefore, are not weakened.
It is a great virtue to overcome yourself. Look at yourself and
continually work in yourself, on yourself and for yourself, seek-
ing spiritual consolations. If you overcome yourself, you will
be able to overcome your enemies. Just as good can be twisted
into evil, evil can be turned into something good! This is all in
man. Man has within himself things that only God sees, and so,
can do good as well as bad, contingent on free will.
Therefore, I say to not seek justice or a reward when some-
one has done an injustice or offense against you. You all have
sin and the right to be purified. The quicker you embrace pa-
tience, the less you will suffer and will be saved. Look to God, seek only God, not reward or consolation from anyoneunder Heaven. Do not complain. If you are weak in patience and complain, the more you will be burdened. Fight against vices and treat tribulations and humiliations with patience. Bow
under holy obedience, and the task will be easier for you.
I tell you this because if you are in a state of love, compassion, patience, no matter what destruction were to happen,you would NOT be harmed. It would not hurt you. The devils try harder to disgust you when you endure with patience, or labor fighting insults with kindness. You are being saved,
and they wish for you to live in their own disgust. Whatever
man does to you, he does to himself; so be compassionate
on his sins and be patient.
Look at your own sins and you will see your own
wretchedness, instead of seeking justice or reward. I love
you to teach you! You do not love unconditionally and
do not understand the mystery of My love. You wish to
be blessed and saved without going through purification,
self mortification. You do not want to labor. You want to
be honored. The Father does not bestow His grace on the
proud, but the humble! To be honored, you will be blamed
in order to surface humility which destroys evil, and is the
enemy to sin.
Patience is the virtue to tame the blows of evil through
sin against yourself, and the offenses of others. Pray and
endure. Fight against the vices. Make a conscious effort not
to seek rebuttal in your favor, but look to God to defend
you through your lowliness. Pray. Pray. Pray. Prayer is the
beginning and fulfillment of goodness.
My dear one, be thankful I humble Myself before the
eyes of My Father to teach the truth! My words seem harsh,
but remember, My life is your Way! I AM THE WAY. I am
your crown, and it is by holy patience you walk unto Me. I
chose you. You did not choose Me. If you wish to walk with
Me, you must walk My Way, not your way. Ad Deum.
If these words are harsh to My people, it is because they
choose to walk a different path. All can make judgments
on My words, but it is I Who have the final say. My Father
asked Me to walk the Way for you. Those who are Mine
walk the same Way My Mother did! So can you!! Peace.”