Journals of the Heart

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I am like a cold glass of water on a hot day or the freshness of the rain when it comes to nourish the earth and all things on it! My blessings…all of them have already been given to you and are waiting for you to acknowledge that fact and receive them. They are waiting in Heaven as a gift already given (Ephesians 1:3). They are ready to be poured out upon you…ready to flow up out of the springs of living waters inside of you (John 7:38). Can you smell them? Can you taste them?…

Yes, I see the many things you do for Me and these are good, but don?t ever let yourself think ?doing things for Me? is the same as being with Me. I don?t love you because you ?do.? I love you because…

The word “saw” to Me means to stretch out to see all I can see…to lean in and behold what I am looking at…and on the day when I proclaimed all things good it, included you. I was even then leaning into you to behold you. I was beholding you and called you suitable and pleasant. I approved of you completely.

Beloved, hear My voice and you will not follow another. Paul said, “Follow me as I follow Christ.” How could He say this unless the very goodness and mercy he received by following me then emanated from his life to those who followed him ? unless it left deposits of Me everywhere he went?

Beloved, no matter whether you are rejoicing or in pain…no matter whether you are confused or resolute…no matter if you are obedient or disobedient My help is available. After all, I Am that I Am and nothing has changed. I am in you and you are in Me. How simple yet, how profound. Many times you cry out for more of Me. I am delighted when you do so because it represents the desire of your heart for the one you love; Me.

Beloved I am opening your heart today enabling you to understand My goodness, to experience it, to revel in it as it flows from the wellspring of My very being. There is no way you can ever exhaust the bountiful treasure contained in Me. I keep on giving and giving until complete perfection and sanctification is manifest in you—until you set at My table on that day arrayed in My glory.

Beloved, I am aligning and shifting all you know…no more drifting…no more wondering…no more doubt and unbelief…no more will the fibers of your being be attached to your past…healing is come to your house for you are My temple and I dwell in you. You are a house of God…a place where I dwell…a place I work in and through. I give you good gifts for you are a “GIFT.”

Beloved, as a man thinks in his heart, so is he. Therefore, it is imperative to be in My Word and to be with Me in times of intimacy where you do nothing but breathe Me in with concentrated focus. For what you sow, that and that only, will you reap (Galatians 6:7).

Yes, breathing Me in needs to become as natural to you as breathing in the normal scents of everyday life. In fact, My aroma should be allowed by you to overrule all offending odors of unforgiveness, offenses, accusations, blame, criticism, fear, rejection, abandonment, anxiety, hopelessness, feeling unloved or unwanted, feeling insufficient or not up to the task. Instead, walk in the aroma of a love which holds no offense nor keeps account of any wrong (Ephesians 5:2; 1 Corinthians 13:5).

Go ahead! Take a chance and breathe Me in. Do so knowing I am forever near you. Receive by faith and know I am infusing you with My essence so that everywhere you go others will stop, inhale and experience Me even though they may not know Me (2 Corinthians 2:14-15). Come and enjoy My fragrance just as I enjoy yours. Breathe Me in by consciously acknowledging each breath as such thereby, experiencing an infusion which can never be taken away