The Focus

Father...Just prayed the 'Complete Trust in God' prayer and realized...again...I

have a great deficiency of Trust...and most of the time struggle with 'useless

thoughts...vain dreads and anxious imaginations'...and am NOT at Peace...

I try but to no avail...what's going on?...

WHERE ARE YOUR EYES FOCUSED?...

on the circumstances...

NOT ON ME RIGHT?...

right...

ARE THEY YOUR SOURCE OF PEACE? 

of course not...You are...

WHEN JESUS ENDURED HIS PASSION...WHERE

WERE HIS EYES FOCUSED? 

on You...

DID THAT MEAN HIS SUFFERING CEASED?...

.no...

HE PRAYED ..;. OFFERED UP HIS SUFFERING... PRAYED PSALM 22...HE ENDURED THE PAINFUL 

TORTURE ..HE ACCEPTED IT BY THE STRENGTH  I GAVE HIM...IT WAS ALL REDEMPTIVE SUFFERING...

ALL FOR YOU... IF IT IS EASIER TO FOCUS ON JESUS..BY ALL MEANS DO SO...WE ARE ONE ...TO FOCUS ON HIM IS TO FOCUS ON ME BY THE POWER OF THE HOLY SPIRIT...KNOW THIS...BECAUSE THE TRIAL / CROSS DOES NOT GO AWAY IMMEDIATELY..OR AS FAST AS YOU WANT IT TO...DOESN'T MEAN 

YOU HAVE BEEN ABANDONED...OR YOU CAN'T TRUST ME...OR YOU ARE BEING PUNISHED..

.so...what. does it mean?...

IT IS FOR MY HIGHER PURPOSES....

and what are they?...

SO... YOU WOULD LIKE TO BE IN CONTROL 

THEN...YES?...

I see what You're saying..

SO ITS A YES THEN?...

yes....

YOU WANT IT YOUR WAY?..

ah... yes...ok You got me....but doesn't everyone?..

NOW YOU SEE THE PROBLEM...ORIGINAL SIN...FALLEN HUMANITY...SELF-WILL...ALL ARE BROKEN..

SOME HAVE ACCEPTED MY OFFER OF REDEMPTION....OTHERS HAVE NOT...EACH ARE ON A JOURNEY..

MANY DECIDE TO CHOOSE AGAINST MY LOVE ..OTHERS LIKE YOURSELF HAVE CHOSEN THE 

NARROW ROAD...IT IS THE WAY OF THE CROSS THAT LEADS TO HOLINESS AND TRUE HAPPINESS...

IT IS THE WAY OF GRACE... BUT YOUR FLESH DOES NOT DISAPPEAR ..NEITHER ARE YOUR WEAKNESSES

MIRACULOUSLY HEALED...AND SUFFERING - ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU TAKE UP YOUR CROSS AND FOLLOW MY SON TO BRING HIS LOVE AND WORD TO THE LOST...TO WITNESS TO THE TRUTH OF MY WORD AND THE 

NARROW WAY... RESISTANCE...ANGER...AND THE WORLD'S VALUES AND WAYS WILL FIGHT BACK 

SINCE THEY ARE IN THE CAMP OF THE ENEMY...SO THERE IS A BIGGER PICTURE THAN SIMPLY YOUR 

DAILY STRUGGLES IN THIS OR THAT TRIAL... THERE IS GRACE TO TRUST ME...REJOICE EVEN IN THE MIIDST 

OF TEMPTATION OR THE FIRE OF PURIFICATION...ASK..SEEK... KNOCK...THERE IS MORE...OFFER ALL IN TRUST AND LOVE ESPECIALLY WHEN YOUR VISION IS LIMITED AND YOU CANNOT SEE THE END OF YOUR TRIAL AND YOU CAN ONLY TRUST ME AND OFFER IT UP FOR THE SAKE OF THOSE YOU LOVE... FOR REVIVAL WHICH I KNOW IS CLOSE TO YOUR HEART ..LOOK TO JESUS UPON HIS CROSS. ..SEE AND KNOW HIS ENDURING LOVE FOR YOU AND DECIDE AGAIN TO TAKE UP YOUR CROSS AND FOLLOW...ALL IS GRACE...TRUST IN OUR LOVE ..AND KNOW THAT THIS TOO SHALL PASS...