My child, you asked me what is on my mind the most and I would like to answer you and elaborate on it:
You are going through tough times right now, but rest assured I am with you at all times and I only want the best for you and your family. In order for this to happen, it is important that you hold on to My love and also love your neighbor as yourself. This is what your Lord and Savior Jesus Christ did over 2000 years ago. My son lived and explained it to you and you.
It is important to me that you finally learn to stand by each other and pull together. What brings you the eternal arguing and fighting? Rather, you should give yourselves plenty of gifts: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and also chastity or self-control. (Gal 5:22-23). This is the fruit of My Spirit. Let the fruit of my spirit rise in you and also be seen and felt from the outside.
I have always loved you and the whole world. I gave My only begotten Son - Jesus Christ - for you, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. (John 3:16) Life goes on. Death is not the end. When will you finally understand? Just as Jesus rose from the dead then, so will you rise from the dead. This is your hope.
I beg you, My beloved child, listen to the words of Jesus: "Love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind, and love your neighbor as yourself" (Matt 22:35-40)
I love you my child and want to carry you through the coming time. Follow the example of your Lord Jesus Christ: he is the way, he leads you into truth and into eternal life.
(John 14: 6)
Remain under My protection and shield (Psalm 91).
In Love
Your Heavenly and Eternal Father
Charity
As I listened to Father, the evangelical hymn 420 kept coming to my mind. It summarizes loving your neighbor as follows:
Break your bread with the hungry (Isaiah 58:7)
Speak a word to the speechless, (Proverbs 31:8),
Sing a song with the sad (Psalm 98:1 – 4; Exodus 15:20-21)
Share your house with the lonely (Romans 12:13; 1. Peter 4:9),
Find a target with the ready / lost ones. (Luke 19:1-10).
It's 5 sentences. Easy to learn to memorize. Only five lines, five requests, without any rhyme, but clear in the statement. However, I would like to complement these words with this little poem:
Forgive your neighbor his debts, Be patient with everyone Offer Jesus salvation and redemption, Remember what good he has done for you.
God didn't create the world just for you Your neighbor is His child, just like you, God clothes you and gives you warmth, So go and do the same.
Lay off your own SELF and your pride Follow the example of our Lord Jesus Christ, take up your cross and follow it, Put away your own carnal thoughts. Embrace spiritual thinking And let yourself be by His Holy Spirit Change into God's beloved child.
You too, like Jesus in you, become a Prince of Peace, Be a strong helper in need, Be merciful to everyone And finish the job in his name. You are loved, so dear you too Then the dear soul finally has peace. (©Margit Kresin2022)
I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me. (Gal 2:20)
With this in mind, I wish all readers a Happy New Year
Yours Margit Kresin
