wALKINg with jesus daily

Walking With Jesus-Daily Divine Will Calendar From The Writings Of Servant Of God Luisa Piccarreta

September 12, 1906
Where God is not present, there can be neither firmness nor true good– Volume 7

Luisa- I was thinking about my state, which now seems to be all peace and love – nothing disturbs me, everything is
good, nothing is sin; and I said to myself: ‘What will happen if at the moment of my death the scene will change and I will
see the reverse of this – that is, all things will disturb me, and everything I have done will have been but a chain of evils.’
While I was thinking of this, He told me:

Jesus- “My daughter, it seems you want to disturb yourself by force and take away
from Me my continuous rest in you. Do you think that your patience, the constancy and the peace of this state of yours is
your own, or rather, the fruit and the grace of the One who dwells in you? I alone possess these gifts, and from the
constancy, the peace and the patience you can recognize who it is that operates in you. In fact, when it is her nature or the
devil, the soul feels dominated by continuous changes – she feels now one mood, now another; now all patience, now all
vexation. In sum, the poor one is flapped about like a reed by a strong wind. Ah! my daughter, where God is not present,
there can be neither firmness nor true good; therefore, do not want to disturb my rest and yours any more. Rather, be more
grateful.”

Scripture Meditation- ⁶ Have no anxiety about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. ⁷ And the peace of God, which passes all understanding, will keep your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. (Philippians 4:6-7).

Prayer Reflection- O Lord we bless You, we adore You, and we worship You because only You bring true peace and firmness in doing good. These are your gifts. Lord, we can so easily lose our peace in the circumstances of our lives. Our days are filled with inner disturbances, mood swings, you name it, when we try to operate in our own strength or worse, when influenced by what St. Ignatius calls the bad spirit, the enemy of our souls. It is the opposite when it is You who are in control of our lives because to live in Your Holy Divine Will is to live in stability and rest. We can know the Holy Spirit is working in our lives when we see the fruit- love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. (Galatians 5). So let us let go of all anxiety, worry, and fear with thanksgiving for Your Peace operating in us if we just let You in! Fiat!