wALKINg with jesus daily

Walking With Jesus-Divine Will Calendar from the Writings of Servant of God Luisa Picccarreta

August 8, 1906
How it is necessary to run without ever stopping- Volume 7

Luisa: This morning blessed Jesus came for just a little, and since I was all tired because of His privation, He told me:

Jesus: “My daughter, in order for the soul to reach her central point, it is necessary that she run always, without ever stopping,
because by running, her path will become smoother, and as she keeps going, the point which she must reach in order to
find her center will be manifested to her; and along the way, the Grace which is necessary to her journey will be
administered to her, in such a way that, helped by Grace, she will not feel the weight of her toiling, or of life. All the
opposite for one who walks and stops. In fact, just by stopping, she will feel the tiredness of those steps which she has
already taken, and will lose stamina for the journey. By not walking, she will not be able to see her point, which is a good
most high, and will not be attracted to it. Not seeing her run, Grace will not give itself in vain, and her life will become
unbearable, because idleness produces boredom and bother.”

Scripture Meditation– 12 Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with perseverance the race that is set before us (Hebrews 12:1).

Prayer Reflection- O Lord we thank You, we praise You, and we bless You because You tell us to run without stopping. Lord I have heard about prayer without ceasing but what do You mean run without stopping? Lord I feel like I am running a million miles a minute every day and I can never catch up. But Lord You don’t mean the normal runaround of our lives that often takes us away from You as we give into anxiety, worry, complaints, etc. As a matter of fact that is all part of the weight of sin You want us to lay aside! You are talking about us running the race set before us, the devout life, the narrow road of sanctity. You want to pour out Your Graces on us so that we would keep going. If we stop along the way, we can be distracted by so many things in this world and we can start to feel the weariness of life. We can even fall into discouragement and despair as we lose stamina without You and life becomes unbearable. Staying in one place, even if it feels safe, without moving makes it hard to see what You have ahead of us which is always for our good (Romans 8:28) even if if feels scary. So let us run with perseverance the race You have set before us because You have great plans for us (Jeremiah 29:11), not stopping, but always moving forward, as You pour out the Grace necessary for us to fight the good fight of faith and finish the race! (2 Timothy 4:7) which is union with You! Fiat and Upward!