February 21, 2020

Dear Lord,

I know I’ve gotten caught up in work and life, leaving little time for our blank page moments together. I also know I need to make more time for meeting You here as it is during these times that I hear You the clearest and feel Your Presence the most. Here in the silence of the morning where there are no distractions to get in the way. Here in the silence of the morning when I can hear Your voice, Your heartbeat. Here in the silence of the morning where You invite me to join you in Your heavenly peace, that peace that surpasses all understanding. Help me to desire this time with You more and more. Give me the willpower to lay down all of the other distractions. To lay down my Martha tendencies of busyness and to be like Mary who sat at Your feet and listened to Your every word. I love it here, Lord, and I love You. Amen and Ehmen.

Dear Child,

I love it here, too, Child, and I also love you. If you only knew how it fills My heart to have one-on-one time with My children. It is why I created humanity to begin with. To love you, to cherish you and for you to learn to do the same first with Me and then others. So many of My children lose sight of this, but the simple truth is that if you follow this one command to love God and others, everything else falls in place. Absolutely everything.

I know the evils of the world have been weighing heavily on your heart, but you must stay resolute and lay it all at My feet. You must pray unyieldingly and keep your focus on Me, remembering that it is easier to lay things at My feet if you are already there. The enemy prowls, roaming the earth to and fro. That will not stop until heaven and earth have passed away and are replaced with the eternal Promised Land I have planned for you. A place where there is no suffering, no sin, no death; just My salvation, My righteousness, My glory.

Your job, My beautiful Child, is to rest in that and be a beacon of light for those who are struggling in the dark. It’s okay to be sad over the brokenness of the world. It makes me sad, too. But, don’t dwell on it. Pray instead. Give it to Me and trust Me. Trust Me and trust the story; and, when your trust wavers, remember that you already know the ending and that the ending is good. Trust and be filled with love, joy and peace as you go about your day.

And the Word of God says:

“’Martha, Martha’,” the Lord answered, ‘you are worried and upset about many things, but few things are needed—or indeed only one. Mary has chosen what is better, and it will not be taken away from her.’”—Luke 10:41-42

“Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the first and greatest commandment.” –Matthew 22:37-38

“And the second is like it: Love your neighbor as yourself. All the Law and the Prophets hand on the two commandments.”—Matthew 22: 39-40

“Be alert and of sober mind. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour. Resist him, standing firm in the faith, because you know that the family of believers throughout the world is undergoing the same kind of sufferings. And the God of all grace, who called you to his eternal glory in Christ, after you have suffered a little while, will himself restore you and make you strong, firm and steadfast.”—1 Peter 5:8-10

“Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away.” Matthew 24:35

“But in keeping with his promise, we are looking forward to a new heaven and a new earth, where righteousness dwells.” 2 Peter 3:13