Hi Dad.
Hello My child. What’s up?
I just wanted to say goodnight…there’s just one hour of today left, and I didn’t want to miss this pocket of time to be with You since I’ll never have it back. Even though we had a conversation this morning, I feel it’s been too long. I really miss You and I wanted to tell You that I love You.
Goodnight My sweet child. I love you too. I’ve been with you the whole day, but I wait for You and love when you take the time to come to Me. Did you have a good day?
I did. Today I did a lot of organizing. It feels so good to have an orderly house.
That’s how I feel when your heart is orderly. It’s a lot more pleasant living in your heart when there’s no clutter.
I’ll try and keep my heart decluttered for You Lord, but You’re going to have to help me know where the clutter is. I trust You to tell me about the clutter when it’s the right time to clean up.
My daughter, cleaning up your heart can be quiet painful, but when you picture Me in the midst of your pain and allow Me to hold what you’ve been holding, it’s a lot easier to release it to Me. I cannot change the past, but I can take the heaviness from you as you choose to forgive. It really is possible to be free from the heaviness of it all. What I do is always good.
I trust You Lord. Good night. I’ll see You in the morning.
Good night My child. Sleep in peace.
Thoughts
Jesus is the I AM. It means we need to come to Him in the present time, today; every day that we are already in, is where Jesus is. To use my time wisely means to follow Wisdom today, for He is Wisdom.
A few years ago when I had already been through several years of intense training by the Lord on discipline (being faithful to Him by giving Him my early morning hours each day), I determined in my heart that I would not waste even one minute sleeping when I needed to get up early to be with the Lord; I made up my mind to do this for one whole year and not miss a day.
Shortly after I had made up my mind to take this challenge, the Lord gave me a dream that showed me a picture of what this idea looked like, but I didn’t connect the dream to my challenge until about one year later. The picture He showed me had to do with not using my Visa card as a debit card. The debit card is how I normally pay for things, so I wasn’t sure what the Lord meant.
Not understanding the full meaning of this right away I determined not to use my Visa card from then on. I’m not one to spend money carelessly so it actually wasn’t too difficult to do, but it was put in the forefront of my mind not to use it.
One night about one year later the Lord showed me a quick picture that my basement had flooded. I wasn’t sure if the Lord showed this to me because I was to pray against it in order to avoid it, or if it really was a warning that it would happen and therefore I needed to prepare for it, so I did both.
That evening the rain poured so hard it didn’t take long and the water came in. We scooped up water almost the entire night, and about four o’clock in the morning I finally went to sleep. I knew I couldn’t get up an hour later to meet with the Lord so I asked Him if it was okay to meet later in the morning. I felt a deep sadness because I knew I had not broken the challenge yet, but I sensed it was okay to get a few hours of sleep, and I went to bed. The Lord gave me a quick dream of celebration before I woke up; my dream was full of excitement and I was told the reason for the celebration was because I had only used my Visa card one time that year!
It was then that I understood the meaning of my dream, and a deep sense of relief and gladness flooded my heart. The Lord was showing me that I had determined not to borrow time!
Our set time to meet each morning was, and still is, extremely important for the Lord, and I always need to honour Him in this way. Not honouring Him in this way is like putting many minutes of wasted time on my spiritual Visa card -time I can never get back. It’s like a spiritual drowsiness of having false comfort in believing we can borrow time by saying we’ll come to Him later. We can never get time back; we either spend it wisely or foolishly.
If I hadn’t learned this lesson when I did, how much time would I have wasted in my lifetime? He gave His life for me…how much more of an effort can I give to show Him that I truly love Him and have given my life to Him? My life is not my own for I have given it to Him, but I am taking the responsibility of growing deeper in love with Him by being intentional about spending my time here on earth wisely -by following Wisdom closely. In order for this to happen I need my heart to lean into His; to have Jesus touch my heart in a personal way, every day.
Behind this sense of accomplishment, the Lord had been teaching me discipline and endurance; I felt I had given my all in a race and had won first place. I knew the Lord was pleased with me and there’s nothing in the universe that matters more!