Good morning.
God morning to you.
Let your ear lead you to your lover.
As Rumi closed that body's eyes and listened,
He said,
Moses,
The inner light of revelation lit up the top of Sinai.
But the mountain could not hold that light.
That light spread out.
It's everywhere.
It's there.
And it sings.
Listen.
Joel Goldsmith says Moses waited a long time for God to speak to him.
And you will find that you may have to wait a while too.
But after you once hear this still small voice,
It comes more frequently and then eventually it comes at will.
You have only to close your eyes,
Wait a second.
And whatever is necessary comes into your conscious awareness.
From the moment that Moses made himself a servant of God,
He was God led,
God directed,
God sustained,
God fed.
And then through Moses,
God could act.
Just by this act of listening,
You are saying I am yours,
God.
Place me in your service.
I am ready to serve.
And he is saying for I know full well the plans I have for you.
Plans for your welfare and not for your misfortune.
Plans that will offer you a future filled with hope.
When you call out to me and come forth and pray to me,
I will listen to you.
When you search for me,
You will find me.
When you seek me with all your heart,
I will allow you to discover me.
I will restore your fortunes and gather you from all the nations,
From all the places where I have driven you.
And I will bring you back to the place from which I sent you into exile.
That's from the book of Jeremiah chapter 29.
I know it feels scary and that you're anxious to start what you can fill in your heart.
You're anxious to see next.
But godly waiting says that sometimes silence is the only way that you can bloom.
It's like you're hidden away from all of the things that could corrupt your growth while the Lord waters you.
It's a beautiful process.
The pain of growing is quite unbearable at times,
But it won't compare to the blessings that come after.
Silence is hard.
The darkness is confusing,
But the king of the world is in control.
It's going to be okay.
Really.
Your whole family is about to be blessed because of your faith.
Be it done to you.
You're filling your faith.
And now you'll hear his words.
Let us pray.
And when I must lead you on a path different from the one you see,
I will prepare you.
I will carry you in my arms.
I will let you find yourself like children who have fallen asleep in their mother's arms on the other bank of the river.
What troubles you and hurts you immensely are your reason,
Your thoughts and worry and your desire at all costs to deal with what afflicts you.
And now we pray 10 times with all our soul,
With all our heart.
Oh Jesus,
I surrender myself to you.
Take care of everything.
Oh Jesus,
I surrender myself to you.
Take care of everything.
You can say this with hands folded in front of you.
You can say this on your knees.
You can say this standing up.
You can say this bowing.
I say it rocking like I'm back at the Western Wall.
Oh Jesus,
I surrender myself to you.
Take care of everything.
Oh Jesus,
I surrender myself to you.
Take care of everything.
Oh Jesus,
I surrender myself to you.
Take care of everything.
Oh Jesus,
I surrender myself to you.
Take care of everything.
Oh Jesus,
I surrender myself to you.
Take care of everything.
Oh Jesus,
I surrender myself to you.
Take care of everything.
Oh Jesus,
I surrender myself to you.
Take care of everything.
Oh Jesus,
I surrender myself to you.
Take care of everything.
And now our concluding prayer.
Mother,
I am yours now and forever.
Through you and with you,
I always want to belong completely to Jesus.
Amen.
Saint Clement Hofbauer says when I discover in someone's heart even the tiniest spark of love of Mary,
I am certain that this person will not perish.
She's not just his mother.
He's saying just as her blood flowed through my veins,
It flows through yours.
Your body is my body.
That's the body of Christ breathing there,
Appearing to sit there,
Stand there,
Walk there,
Work there.
Right now you're in your carpenter season.
You're being prepared.
You're learning.
You're unlearning.
I'm calling you,
But you have to train your ear so I can teach you my way,
Show you my way.
Let me lead you.
Say it.
Jesus,
You take over.
Say it again.
Do you mean it?
Let it begin.
I love you.
I love you.
I love you.
I love you.
And we'll chat soon.
