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Source: Heartdwellers
The
Lord be with you, Heartdwellers.
The
Lord spoke to Ezekiel and gave
him a beautiful teaching on the
Abundant Life. The Abundant Life
according to Jesus –not
according to the world. And this
is right straight out of his
journal, so I’ll just begin reading
it to you:
Hi,
Lord. Thank You for letting me get
some sleep today. I felt like
I really needed it. I really
enjoyed our time this morning.
It's been a while since I've
journaled like this. It seems
to be a bit easier to hear
and discern Your Voice.
"And
why is that?"
I
don't really know. Maybe it's because
I expect to hear You?
"That
is Correct. You
see, many souls approach Me, but
few really Trust that I am truly
there for them."
Ezequiel:
I thought that there were many who
trusted You. I mean, there are
so many souls who seem to have
such great faith.
"What
you read, and what you see on
programs and videos can be very
convincing, but what I am talking
about is something far more sublime;
something that is genuinely there in
the depths of the soul."
That
makes me feel a little insecure,
like, well -‐where is my soul
truly at?
"Your
Soul is a work in progress,
just like most, but I do see
your efforts, and I am very
pleased with them. What I am
getting at is this; there is a
Mirror in which your true reflection
is shown. Regardless of all
the outer layers of Fear and
Insecurity, or Pride and Self-‐Confidence,
whichever the case may be -‐there
is still an absolute truth of
who you really are underneath all
of that. You have heard it
said, that Humility is simply the
Truth about anything. That is
well put.
“It
is so hard for your souls to
see the state that they are
actually in, because over time, so
much has been projected onto them.
From the time a child begins
to understand words and their
meaning, he or she becomes like
a magnet, recording everything that
they see, feel, and hear. Many
times, a toddler will begin to
feed these things back to his own
parents, and the result is often
quite amusing, so much so that
the proud Mom and Dad run to
get the recorder or camera, to
capture the precious moments. Everyone has
a wonderful time listening to that
little voice, as it puts its
first words together. And so
it should be.
“I
created this stage of childhood
precisely for the loving
pleasure of cherishing the special gift
that is there. However, once
the time of infancy and "toddling"
is past, these same words begin to
take shape and meaning. I know
that you are thinking that all
of this is terribly obvious, even
mundane-‐but be patient and follow
My reasoning. There IS a point
to it.
“Just
think about it for a minute.
Now, already, the child has absorbed
a phenomenal amount of information,
and as perceptions grow, so do the
feelings of self-‐worth. You
never "knew" the concept of
BAD, until someone bigger than you
looked
at you sternly, and said sternly,
"Bad! Bad! No! No! Bad Baby!
No!"-‐possibly accompanied by a
swat on the hand or bottom.
In that moment, your pure, innocent
little mind was both surprised and
shocked. For the first time,
you "felt" confused, hurt, and
pain. From that time on, the
Harsh Look, the Firm Voice-‐all
of it made you afraid, and you
associated all of this with the
one word, BAD. Depending upon
what kind of parents you had,
siblings, and overall mood and tone
of the household, this terrible brand
was indelibly marked; permanently etched
within your little heart and mind, emotions,
and yes -‐even your soul.
“Now,
if you simply take this pattern,
and follow it through, you can
easily see how many, many things
attached themselves to you. The real you,
deep inside. Whether you learned
healthy boundaries, saturated with lots
of love and affirmation, or you
had to learn to "protect"
yourself in a family that was
less than loving, you still had
begun to grow and form an
opinion of who you were, based
on others actions towards you. Some
souls who were loved and nurtured
began to think more of themselves than
they truly were. Others, who
were treated badly, quickly developed
an almost exaggerated, heightened sense
of survival.
“Into
ALL of this, I come to
intervene, and show you who you
truly are, deep within your soul;
the "you" that I created you
to be. I am that Mirror,
and I want to show you with
all My Heart, just how beautiful
and precious you truly are to
Me. My greatest desire is to
take all of that shame and
condemnation off of you. I am
here to erase all of those word
curses, and replace them with words
of living Truth, and Pure Life
and Light that come from My
Heart of Pure Love -‐the same
Pure Love that created you; the
same Pure Love that you are IN
ME.
“So,
enough Guilt.”
I
have come that you might have
Life, and that you would have
Life more abundantly! John 10:10
