Walking on Water

One day in Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament, the Lord spoke to my heart:

Keep your eyes on Me, and you can walk on water.

Since that day, I dwell on this message, and try to keep it close to my heart. What do I think that our Lord was telling me? Well, it’s really nothing new! It’s the same thing that He says in the Gospel. We are to keep our eyes on things above. We are to follow Christ’s example. Why is that so important? Well, right now the world is seething in darkness. Evil is tempting us at every turn. We don’t even step our feet out of bed before evil begins planting those negative thoughts in our minds!

“I can’t even believe that Marcy said that about me yesterday.”

We have a choice. We can entertain evil, and sit in Satan’s lair all day, or we can start looking above, and praise God for another day! When we choose to stare into the darkness too long, it’s tentacles grab us and bring us deeper into the darkness.

“She’s such a gossip. I hope she gets hers some day!”

"I don't deserve this. I am so tired of having to deal with this."

More negative thoughts come our way, and pretty soon we find ourselves sitting on the seat of despair. This is what Satan wants! He starts out by tempting us to look ever so closely at the faults of those around us, and then he leads us into misery itself! It’s so slow and methodical that we do not even see it happening! Lack of forgiveness is like a cancer that grows in our body! It is a cancer that kills the soul! We have to fight this temptation of the evil one! He wants nothing more than our complete destruction. And the secret is that it has NOTHING to do with Marcy! Isn’t it ironic that he is so successful at destroying us when we don’t let go of the pain that others have caused us!

Keep your eyes on Me

What do we see when we keep our eyes on Jesus? We see Him keeping his mouth closed when others accuse Him. We see Him forgiving those people who crucify Him when they ABSOLUTELY do NOT deserve it! This is what we are to do! Yes, I said that this is what we are to do! And not just with those people who really aren’t that bad! We are to do this with those that are the worst…those that crucify us…those that spread lies and hurt! When it’s easy- it’s not considered a cross! A cross is heavy and burdensome!

We are to pick up our cross and follow Him!

Matthew 10:38
"And he who does not take his cross and follow after Me is not worthy of Me."

Matthew 16:24
Then Jesus said to His disciples, "If anyone wishes to come after Me, he must deny himself, and take up his cross and follow Me."

We are to bless the Marcy’s in our lives! We are to look past their negative qualities and see Christ in their faces. We are to ask God to help them. Now, this does not mean that we have to have lunch with Marcy, or hang out with Marcy, but we do have to forgive Marcy!

THIS my dear friends, is walking on water, but when we are so busy looking at the personal storms in our lives, it is impossible! We must keep our eyes on Jesus, or else we drown! So, together, let's keep our eyes on Jesus, and walk on water!!!!!!!!!!!!!