so. In the mystery there are realities as yet only faintly grasped or dimly seen. But their presence assures you that there is more to life with Me than you have yet experienced.
Do not be afraid of the mysteries, and do not try to explain them away. This foolish effort on your part has robbed you of blessings and stunted your growth in Me for many years. Expand the capacity of your soul to admit what you cannot understand or reason out—and let My word bring the life and joy you so much want and need.
February Fourteenth
We know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now.
Romans 8:22
Yes, My child, the world is full of pain and suffering. Think not that I have forgotten it, or that My heart is unmoved by the cries of My children. It is not for you to understand My ways and My delays. It is for you to keep on looking to Me for your daily needs, and to be faithful in holding up the bundle of concerns I have laid on your heart.
One day your eyes will be opened to see what is now hidden from your view. In the meantime, do not turn your heart away from the suffering you see in this world. Turn every sight of pain and hurt into prayer. Learn to transform the pain into petition, knowing that I am at work to bring good out of every evil.
February Fifteenth
They shall lift up their voice, they shall sing for the majesty of the Lord.
Isaiah 24:14
The curtains of your mind have been partially drawn back, My child, to give you a vision of the greatness and grandeur of My kingdom. “From the rising of the sun to the going down of the same”—“as far as East is from West”—“from generation to generation”—these are some of the divinely inspired descriptions of that greatness.
You need to bathe your soul in the vision, for your faith has been dwarfed, too encased in the timidity of your own heart. When I open your eyes to see, even briefly, what a great heritage you have, you must grasp and hold on to the larger reality. It will help you in fighting the extreme self-centeredness of your old nature.
February Sixteenth
Search me, O God, and know my heart: Try me, and know my thoughts: And see if there be any wicked way in me.
Psalm 139:23,24(RSV)
I am your Sun, your everlasting Light. When your heart is turned toward Me, My light illumines your soul. There you see many faults, many wounds, much that is not beautiful. This must be, My child, because the work is not yet complete. You cannot expose yourself to My light without this consequence. Your prayer, “see if there be any wickedness within me,” is fulfilled each time you allow My light to shine in your heart.
Just as the sunlight destroys that which lives in darkness on this earth, the sunlight of My presence does its work in your soul. And so, though there is still much to do, and the faults and wounds are many, the healing and cleansing are going on and will go on as you turn your heart to My light.
February Seventeenth
That He might sanctify and cleanse [the church] with the washing of water by the word.
Ephesians 5:26
The cleansing of the soul is a long process. The stain of sin goes very deep, and surface cleansing is only part of the process. You get discouraged that old sinful thoughts and temptations keep “coming back.” You are to learn to fight their early appearance more aggressively. Bring them to Me, My child, for you cannot handle them alone. Confess—do not deny nor repress—but confess them and place them under My cleansing blood. “Sinners washed beneath this flood lose all their guilty stains.” This is an ongoing work of My grace, and I expect your full participation if you want to be prepared for the light I have in store for you “and for all who have loved My appearing.”
February Eighteenth
And now abideth faith, hope, love, these three; but the greatest of these is love.
I Corinthians 13:13
My light and My truth, My child, are given according to your willingness and your ability to receive it. I am Light and I am Truth—so light and truth are never wanting in your dealings with Me—never wanting from My side of the relationship.
You mingle that light and truth with the darkness, so it does not shine in its purity and clarity. Although you are concerned about the distortions others may cause, you are not concerned enough about your own. Your perceptions of Truth are not always accurate. You know the truth of that from the changes in perception that have come over the years. But at each stage, you tend to believe that you no longer “see through a glass darkly,” and are too confident of your own “accurate” version. I do not want you to become wishy-washy, “ready to change” instantly. I want you to desire fuller light and more truth—more of Me and less of the opinions by which you inwardly rise above others. Hold the truth you have, My child, even what you think you have. But hold it with the sure knowledge that you yet see and know only in part. And long for, desire, pray for, and seek a fuller grasp of the Truth. Don’t be afraid to let go the dark shadows of opinion, to let the light that is in you shine brighter—to your good and to My glory.
February Nineteenth
Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.
Hebrews 4:16
My dear child, whenever you come to Me in prayer, whatever condition your soul may be in, come boldly and with full confidence. Drawing back, for whatever reason, is a form of rejection of Me and My love. False humility has no place in this relationship. I know you better than you know yourself. If I had put our relationship on the basis of your deserving, it would never have begun. So, in the words of My Word, “come boldly to the throne of grace that you may find help in the time of need.”
February Twentieth
There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear.
I John 4:18
This is My word for today: just as love casts out fear, fear casts out love. You cannot love when fear is in control. You are not fighting your fear-filled thoughts hard enough. You too readily give ground to them. I bid you to remember—remember where you have been and what I have brought you through. Remember and rejoice—even when you can’t see how things are going to work out in the present.
February Twenty–first
According to your faith be it unto you.
Matthew 9:29
Your trouble in receiving, My child, is your trouble
