February Twenty-sixth
For this slight momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison.
II Corinthians 4:17
My mercy never runs out. It is an outflowing of My nature. I remind you of it often because your nature imposes a false idea of Me upon your heart. I am the Good Shepherd, and I seek only the good and welfare of My flock. Believe this, My son, and relax in My goodness. Fear has torment and love casts away both.
February Twenty-seventh
For God sent the Son into the world, not to condemn the world, but that the world might be saved through Him.
John 3:17
To you, My son, I have granted the grace to seek and hear My voice. You have chosen the “better part” which shall not be taken from you. Much darkness remains, but “light riseth in the darkness for the upright.” You are seeking—and finding—light in your darkness. Pride still goes before a fall—and your pride is still a large source of your darkness. I require your willing cooperation in dealing a death blow to it, and you still draw back, misunderstanding My intention and My heart. O foolish one! How could you doubt that My plans for you are good and not evil? How could you go on cringing as from a hard master?
February Twenty-eighth
Despise not the chastening of the Almighty.
Job 5:17b
Listen and hear the echoes of eternity—the sounds of praise that only the just may hear. Listen with your heart, My son, and not just with your ears. You need the antidote to the negative thoughts and craven fear that you too often entertain. Be open!
February Twenty-ninth
All things were made through Him, and without Him was not anything made that was made.
John 1:3
The past is past, and I have covered it with the mantle of My mercy. Vain regrets and remembered failures can only lead to a dead end if you do not accept My all-encompassing forgiveness. It is pride that keeps the pain alive in remembering how you failed people and left hurt in your wake. Rather, watch the present where the same patterns are alive in you, and be diligent in avoiding the same sins under a different guise.
MARCH
Sing, my soul, His wondrous love,
Who from yon bright throne above,
Ever watchful o’er our race,
Still to man extends His grace.
Heaven and earth by Him were made;
All is by His scepter swayed;
What are we that He should show
So much love to us below?
God, the merciful and good,
Bought us with the Savior’s blood;
And, to make our safety sure,
Guides us by His Spirit pure.
Sing, my soul, adore His Name!
Let His glory be thy theme:
Praise Him till He calls thee home,
Trust His love for all to come.
Anonymous, 1800
March First
If anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has passed away, behold, the new has come.
II Corinthians 5:17
Eternal peace abides in My presence. Know that here is rest from turmoil and a cure for the restlessness of your heart. Seek this peace more frequently, My son, for in it lies My healing, My wisdom, and My strength.
March Second
No one comprehends the thoughts of God except the Spirit of God.
I Corinthians 2:11b
I open and none can shut. I shut and none can open.
There are secrets and mysteries I have kept to Myself. They are to remain beyond the grasp and curious inquiry of man. They are part of the distance between creature and Creator. Beginning in the Garden, mankind has attempted to delve beyond its proper sphere. The tower of Babel is another occasion when My will overrode human ambition. I shut and none can open. But My action is always in keeping with My nature—My merciful care for My creation. It is not capricious nor arbitrary. I respect what I have made. Even in its fallen state, your nature still bears the imprint of My image, and My purpose is to bring that image back to its intended condition. Your pilgrimage, My son, is My path toward that goal. Open and shut doors are simply a part of that process, and it is all done in mercy.
March Third
My soul melts away for sorrow; strengthen me according to Thy word!
Psalm 119:28
I will strengthen you, help you and cause you to stand, upheld by My righteous, omnipotent Hand. That is My word to you today.
March Fourth
My grace is sufficient for you, for My power is made perfect in weakness.
II Corinthians 12:9
I am here. I have come according to My promised answer to your prayer. I am acquainted with all your ways and your thoughts, the desires and longings of your heart. I am the Merciful One and I do not despise your feeble prayers.
Continue to look expectantly rather than fearfully to the future. On the one hand you maintain a positive and hopeful outlook, but personally you carry dark forebodings and groundless fears.
Remember, My son, it is the prayer of faith that moves mountains. Enter into this mystery more fully, and prove Me, that I am able to do more abundantly than you ask or think.
March Fifth
When we cry, “Abba! Father!” it is the Spirit Himself bearing witness with our spirit that we are children of God, and if children, then heirs, heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ.
Romans 8:15–16
Do not be afraid to write the words that come to you. Boldness in hearing and heeding is not presumption. I will check you at the proper time, and I do look for a freer, readier response to My voice, not only here in the quiet place, but throughout the day—hear and heed. Keep attuned to My world, and you will find an easier passage through yours.
March Sixth
Is My hand shortened, that it cannot redeem? Or have I no power to deliver?
Isaiah 50:2b
In the beauty of the morning My light dispels the shadows of night. In like manner My Spirit, the light of the world, dispels the shadows of your inner darkness. Where I dwell there is light.
Your doubts are doors into that darkness. Your questions are latches that open the doors into the gloom. Questions that cannot and will not be answered in this life lead to doubt and even to despair. But you can choose to set them aside and remain in the light of faith and trust. You can choose to walk by faith instead of insisting on walking by the sight of reason and answers to unanswerable questions. It is a humbler road, but one on which I journey with those who choose it. Be one of them, My son.
March Seventh
Praise