Acceptance
Isn’t it funny that You are with all of us more than we are with each other and the reason we aren’t with each other is because we don’t think You are!
Isn’t it strange that we have a tendency to flock with those who are like minded with us today when the ones we reject now think like we did just yesterday when You were with us?
I can look back over my life and see that no matter what I thought of You…
…You were with me.
When I saw only parts of You and thought it was all of You…
…You were with me.
When I saw You as clearly as I could see You in that moment…
…You were with me.
When I saw You in complete error because I made You more like myself…
…You were with me.
You didn’t leave me. You didn’t forsake me. You didn’t reject me and You didn’t patiently wait to love me or fellowship with me until I saw You more clearly…
…You loved me as intensively then as You do now.
What is this strange perception that keeps us from being with each other as much as You are with us?
…Is it because we don’t know You as much as we think we do?
Is this why You repeatedly say ‘be with Me’?
…For the more I am with You, the more I see You as you really are.
And that is ‘with everyone else as much as You are with me’…
…no matter how our views of You may differ from one another.
But how can I be with another who does not see You the same way I do right now? If they see You ‘not yet here’ and I see You ‘here’ then how can there be any fellowship in that?
…Oh, I see! Father, flesh out Your words in us…to ‘love one another’ as You are already loving us!
God Thoughts!
- The carnal mind is like a child, unruly. It must become “meek” so it can inherit the earth. The carnal mind is always trying to second-guess Me (Life, ”what will be”). Leaning on its own wisdom causes it to miss the mark. This IS the part that falls short and is the reason you must ”become as a child” to see Me.
- The hardest thing for the mind to do is ”defer to Me” …to grant Me its [presumed] authority and control.
- Pride will not bend its knee; it can only be slain. Pride is what I must ”do away with” until you are living according to the heart of a servant. A servant”s heart knows its Master and defers to Him. Pride says, “I am, and there is none else beside me.” This is why it cannot see Me. It thinks ”it is enough.” Worry, torment, and anxiety come from the prideful mind”s ”falling short” or (in other words) its refusal to defer to Me. When it experiences its ”falling short”, it fears.
- Be the child that knows its nurturer, its guide, its mother and father. . . in honor. Go beyond your own thoughts. To go beyond your own thoughts is to go beyond the thought that you know what will be or the direction things will go. It is going beyond your own answers. To go beyond your own thinking is to embrace the ”not knowing place” with full assurance of My Provision and guidance. Assurance says, “I don”t know how this need will be met, but I know He”ll meet it. He always takes care of me. “
- I AM YOUR BARREL THAT WILL NEVER GO EMPTY.
- A man”s abusive behavior (verbal) is ”his thinking he is in control.” You don”t ever have to give answer to it. Quietly knowing is enough. Keep your peace by abiding in the Spirit”s knowing. That is your refuge from all the contrary noise of the tongue (mind) and remember . . .no man can take from you what I have given you.
- Quietly defer all things concerning you to Me…
Just for Today
JUST FOR TODAY…
see that everything is as it should be.
see the joy that is in every minute of the day because I am in it.
see that everyone you know understands you and you understand them – because you know that is how it is in My Spirit right now – and that the non-hearing that appears is temporary stuff in process.
see that everyone is complete, without fault and without grievances.
see that the only way you can ‘see’ like this is when you are living from My Kingdom within.
see that there are two kinds of awareness. One is Mine. The other is the Lie.
see that everyone really does have an ‘ear’ to hear but that some are just not turned on yet.
JUST FOR TODAY. . ..
know that you are so completely loved and understood that there is nothing you can do or say to change this.
know that there is nothing you can add to another or them to you…except to love them.
know that every problem that flaunts itself in your face has already been taken care of.
know that what you are supposed to know you will know because My knowing is in you and My knowing will become yours at just the right time you need to know.
know that what you are suppose to do you will do because it will be done in you.
know the peace, joy and love that comes from having your attention on Me.
JUST FOR TODAY. . .
don’t need anything from anyone…to the point you get upset when you don’t get it.
don’t need a word of approval.
don’t need a word of praise.
don’t need to be heard.
don’t need to be understood.
JUST FOR TODAY. . .
let go of everything in you that doesn’t trust Me.
let go of all your wants.
let go of all your demands.
let go of everything you fear.
let go of the need to ‘fix’ another as well as yourself.
let everything be as it is…trusting that I know where everything and everyone is and where they need to be in order to accomplish My Good Pleasure.
JUST FOR TODAY. . .
let down your guard because you know its not big enough anyway against your real enemies – you know, the ones that I protect you from…the ones you can’t even see!
just be My little girl…. My little boy….and give yourself the chance to learn what it means to delight yourself in My Presence, to be My little child again, and to remember the one that played in a meadow and found great joy laying on the grass looking at the clouds go by.
let go of all those feelings and thoughts that keep you from this kind of timeless wonder.
JUST FOR TODAY. . .
let go of the need to be perfect.
let go of trying to say everything right, do everything right and be everything right.
I want you to just sit quietly and listen.
I want you to know that I do know what you have need of.
I want you to let Me be your reason for laughter.
I want you to let Me be the reason your day is good.
I want you to be with Me for the sake of being with Me.
JUST FOR TODAY. . .
let Me be enough for you.