Tuesday, April 5, 2011

He thirsts for us as we thirst for Him!

Many of us often reflect on our relationship with Christ from the standpoint of our seeking Him. Sometimes we forget that He is always seeking us. He is present to us as is described in Psalm 145: The Lord is "near to all who call upon Him."

A couple of Sundays ago, we read of the encounter of Christ with the Samaritan woman at the well. Christ told her that He was thirsty. Undoubtedly He thirsted for water, but it seemed obvious that He was reaching out to this woman in love.

Two of Christ's last words to us from the Cross were "I thirst." (John 19:38) Yes, He was dehydrated, but He reminded us for all time that He thirsts for us. In our prayer life, it is reassuring to lean back into Christ's love that is always there for us

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"I demand from you deeds of mercy, which are to arise out of love for Me. You are to show mercy to your neighbors always and everywhere. You must not shrink from this or try to excuse or absolve yourself from it.

I am giving you three ways of exercising mercy toward your neighbor:
the first — by deed, the second — by word, the third — by prayer. In these three degrees is contained the fullness of mercy, and it is an unquestionable proof of love for Me. By this means a soul glorifies and pays reverence to My mercy.

Many souls ... are often worried because they do not have the material means with which to carry out an act of mercy. Yet spiritual mercy, which requires neither permissions nor storehouses, is much more meritorious and is within the grasp of every soul.

If a soul does not exercise mercy somehow or other, it will not obtain My mercy on the day of judgment. Oh, if only souls knew how to gather eternal treasure for themselves, they would not be judged, for they would forestall My judgment with their mercy".