INSPIRATION - Jesus Calling

by Sarah Young

Worship Me only. I am King of kings and Lord of lords, dwelling in unapproachable Light. I am taking care of you! I am not only committed to caring for you, but I am also absolutely capable of doing so. Rest in Me, My weary one, for this is a form of worship.

Though self-flagellation has gone out of style, many of My children drive themselves like racehorses. They whip themselves into action, ignoring how exhausted they are. They forget that I am sovereign and that My ways are higher than theirs. Underneath their driven service, they may secretly resent Me as a harsh taskmaster. Their worship of Me is lukewarm, because I am no longer their First Love.

My invitation never changes: Come to Me, all you who are weary, and I will give you rest. Worship Me by resting peacefully in My Presence.

I Timothy 6:15-16  ESV
15 which he will display at the proper time—he who is the blessed and only Sovereign, the King of kings and Lord of lords, 16 who alone has immortality, who dwells in unapproachable light, whom no one has ever seen or can see. To him be honor and eternal dominion. Amen.

Isaiah 55:8-9  ESV 
8 For my thoughts are not your thoughts,
    neither are your ways my ways, declares the Lord.
9 For as the heavens are higher than the earth,
    so are my ways higher than your ways
    and my thoughts than your thoughts.

Revelation 2:4  ESV
But I have this against you, that you have abandoned the love you had at first.

Matthew 11:28  ESV
Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.

 

Frosty Mornings

Frosty Mornings

When frosty mornings chill the air

And sounds of falling leaves are there

To lift our spirits oh so high

Away up where the eagles fly

How sweet it is to see God's plan

Unfolding from his glorious hand

For precious moments such as these

Still come to those whose heart God sees*

*from my book, 2020 Poems by Gene Allen Groner on my website at

https://www.amazon.com/Gene-Allen-Groner/e/B077YTVSJZ

Love One Another

God loved the world so much that he gave his

son and he gave him to a virgin, the Blessed

Virgin Mary, and she, the moment he came in

her life, went in haste to give him to others. And

what did she do then? She did the work of the

handmaid, just so. Just spread that joy of loving

to service. And Jesus Christ loved you and loved

me and he gave his life for us, and as if that was

not enough for him, he kept on saying: Love as

I have loved you, as I love you now, and how

do we have to love, to love in the giving. For he

gave his life for us. And he keeps on giving, and

he keeps on giving right here everywhere in our

own lives and in the lives of others.

 

It was not enough for him to die for us, he

wanted that we loved one another, that we see

him in each other, that's why he said: Blessed

are the clean of heart, for they shall see God.

 --Mother Teresa, from my book Saint Teresa of Calcutta, available in paperback and eBook on my author website at https://www.amazon.com/Gene-Allen-Groner/e/B077YTVSJZ