Fear not the Desert... August 30, 2023

My Lord Jesus... why do I feel that you have abandoned me and left me all alone?? Why? Your graces were so abundant as you led me out here, but now what? I feel up against a wall with no going around. The things that I have to attend to seem insurmountable right now. Come my Jesus!! Enlighten me! Light my path once more! Don't let me alone in this darkness with this big question mark in my mind. My Jesus! (I am waiting upon the Lord, sitting here, and it is so, so, hard!!)

“Like a coconut shell must be broken in order to extract the sweet meat within it, sometimes you, My children, must be broken in order to extract the odour of love and sanctity: of obedience and trust that I have placed there within your heart. How hard sometimes is that nut to crack!! But it must, in order for Me to extract the sweetness and aroma of My life living within you. The more malleable you are, that is in relation to your depth of surrender, the easier the process. So fear not the desert, the seemingly dead ends. I hide from you, even though I am hovering over you, so that you may turn ever closer to Me and My love: My desires. It is this surrender to Me, the longing within your heart for Me, that starts breaking the hard shell of self-will. Again, increase your trust in Me by trusting! I will not let you go – ever!! Surrender now those thoughts you have in your heart which worry you. Let go of your pride and hand them to Me. Let Me take care of them. If you let them go into My care in trust, all will be well. Hasten to let go, for the sooner I inhabit those places which are now occupied by worry, the sooner you will have My peace.

Now offer Me your rest, your sleep for this night and allow My Peace to dwell within you. Like a father to My little child I say: Shhhhh... everything will be all right. Peace!”