Notebook 88
True Life in God
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to My equality with God but emptied
Myself to assume the condition of a
slave;”
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I shall know My own in this way,
when they will empty themselves and
follow My divine Will;
give Me your hands, My Vassula, so
that I inscribe in them My Instructions
and the Work for your salvation; I have
anointed them so that they, in their turn,
anoint the sick and the weary; I have
blessed them that they offer Me good
deeds unsparingly and I have kissed
them over and over again to give them
strength and continue to snatch souls
from the Evil one and bring them to Me;
My own Hands have shaped and
modelled yours so that they offer Me
incense and sacrifice; you will learn in
this pilgrimage of My Hands how I
served faithfully and performed works
that no one has ever done;
My beloved, then, will rest by My
Springs
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again; there, while your head
will be leaning on My Royal Heart, your
right hand held in Mine, I will be
crowning you with My Love and
Tenderness, filling your soul with
consolations, renewing you like an eagle,
I will be refreshing you so that your
years do not dwindle away like a
shadow; and while My gaze would never
be leaving you, delighting to love she
who loves Me, remembering all those
instants when you were ever at play in
My Presence; and others when moved by
the Spirit you would cry out to Us:
“Abba!” I would be making sure that you
would be continuing to be giving Me
undivided attention and love;
in My desire to be loved I will hold
you captive in My Heart; and as a
watchman posted on a tower I will look
out for any intruders; I will be guarding
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Ph. 2:6-7.
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Jesus means that after having gone out on a
mission again, in the return of the journey, I would
again lean on His Heart to rest, to restore my
strength.
you, My love, like the pupil of My Eye ...
and you, in your delight noticing My
eagerness to keep you for Myself, you
would run to hide yourself in the shadow
of My wings, like chicks running to hide
under the wings of their mother, you
would crouch in My warmth and I would
keep you in the warmth of My Heart;
then, once again, I and you would go
out again, I will take you in the garden of
My Mouth, there you will have your
pilgrimage and you will learn in this
pilgrimage, how distraught I could be
when your mouths who receive Me,
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infect your spirit and your soul by
poisonous words on one another; learn
from My Mouth the Truth and proclaim
only the Truth all around, so let your
mouth honour Me, praising Me night
and day; let your mouth sing to Me,
smile at Me, let it sound like a million
melodies in My Ears, like the sweetest
psalm of the psalmist; let your mouth be
like a double-edged sword, to pull down
the heresies and the traitors in My
Church, but among all those who thirst
for Me let your mouth be My echo and
like sweet wine, teaching everyone how
to win My friendship;
from My Mouth you will learn, My
dove, Instructions, to speak as I wish
you to speak and express thoughts
according to My mind, then you will pass
on these learnings to others without
reserve; then again like a dove which
would creep in its cote to have its rest, I
would call you to rest in the nuptial
chamber of My Heart, while My
searching gaze would be in search of
your eyes;
My Lord,
You look after me as nobody else does;
You are my Inestimable Treasure,
and nobody and nothing else
in the whole world
gives me so much joy as You.
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Jesus means in the Eucharist.
© Vassula Rydén