Thank Me for all the withholding as well as for the giving. Thank Me for sunshine and rain, for drought and springs of water, for sleep and wakefulness, for gain and loss. Thank Me for all.
Know beyond all doubt, all fear, that all is well. Cling to Me in moments of weakness. Cling still in moments of strength, imploring that you may never feel self-sufficient.
No evil shall befall you, rest in this knowledge.
Abide secure in My friendship.
A friend who knows you through and through; knows all your pitiful attempts at living for Me, your many and tragic failures, your childish misunderstanding of Me and what I would do for you.
Your desire to serve Me, your clinging to Me in the dark hours of helplessness; your stumbling confidence in your efforts to walk alone — I know all.
I have seen your persistent blindness to My guidance; I have seen how you obstruct the answers to your own prayers; I have noted your easy acquiescence to those forces that oppose My loving purposes.
I know all this, and yet I say again: Abide with Me secure in My friendship.
See Me in all your daily life.
See Me in the little happenings. Recognize me as the source of every act of kindness and Love.
Feel My Power with you when you face any task or danger. Know My consoling tenderness in every sorrow and disappointment.
I, the Master-Painter, can work into the ordinary colors of beauty until you see the befitting background for the joy and ecstasy of the radiance I give.
I seek to save you not only from falling into sin, but from the overwhelming remorse that follows the realization of sin.
I know that for frail man this is too great a burden. So when you let it overwhelm you, you nullify My saving Power.
I seek to save you from oppression and depression too. I bid you leave all to follow Me. That is, leave the sins and the failures of the past.
Out of the shadow into the sunlight of My Love and Salvation you must go.
In your hands I have placed a wonderful force against evil. You cannot realize as yet the mighty weapon you wield.
Make known the Power of Prayer. A force so wonderful, so miracle-working, that when it is united with a will that seeks only My Will and with a Friendship with Me that calms, enobles and enriches, then nothing can withstand its Power.
In humble anticipation — wait.
Wait as a servant anticipating orders. Wait as a lover eager to note a need, and to supply it.
Wait for My Commands; wait for My Guidance; wait for My Supply. All will come.
In such a life you may well be of good cheer. Can a life be dull when always there is that watchful expectancy, anticipation of glad surprise, that wonder of fulfillment, that Joy of full supply?
Probe not into the future. Prophecies are not for you. Be a humble follower in the crowd. Live with Me. Ponder My Words, My Teaching, My Actions.
Soon you will find that more and more opportunities of speaking of Me will present themselves. Do not make them. They will proceed from the pressure of inward growth, and not from outward stress.
Impress upon all that growth is one of the laws of My Kingdom.
However long your span of life on earth, it can never be too long for growth and progress.
Be ever seeking My Will for you. Not a new religion, nor the right religion, but — My Will. Then all will be well and growth will follow.
If I, your Lord and Master, have washed your feet, you ought also to wash one another’s feet.
How My followers have misunderstood this. They interpret the required attitude to be one of service. In service there can be condescension, there can be a total lack of humility.
I sought to teach a lesson to those who would approach Me to partake of that wonderful Union with Me, vouchsafed to those who worthily eat of My Flesh and drink of My Blood.
I desired to teach them that they must come to Me in the Spirit of humility towards others. No sense of superiority, especially Spiritual superiority. True humility. Learn this lesson in daily Companionship with Me. “For I am meek and lowly of heart.”
I am your Lord. Obey Me in all. You are being surely lead into prosperity and true peace.
Let many share in your every gain. There must be no hoarding in the Christ-life. Not what you can gain, but what you can give. Keep your eyes fixed on Me. Seek to know My Will. Share. Share.
I am a Risen Lord. You cannot live with Me without partaking of My Risen Life. My Kingdom is sharing.
I must share all I have with My followers. So you, too, must share all that I give you — material and Spiritual Blessings — with others.
