J.M.J.

 

AS THE MOUNTAIN YOU CLIMB

 

 

IF YOU, MY DEAR CHILDREN, LAY DOWN NOW YOUR CROSSES,

YOU’LL COUNT NOT YOUR BLESSINGS BUT ONLY YOUR LOSSES.

EACH CROSS IS A GIFT FROM GOD THAT’S WORTH BEARING;

THERE IS NO BETTER PLAN FOR HIS KINGDOM IN SHARING.

 

I KNOW THAT YOU HAVE BEEN TESTED AND TRIED;

IN SOME WAYS YOU HAVE BEEN WITH MY SON CRUCIFIED.

YOU PRAY AND YOU WONDER WHAT THE NEXT DAY WILL BRING.

WILL IT BE ONE OF REST OR ONE MORE OFFERING?

 

FOR THOSE WHO MAY FEEL THAT THEIR HEARTS HAVE BEEN PIERCED,

YOU, MY DEAR CHILDREN, TO GOD ARE THE NEAREST.

PERHAPS YOU HAVE NOTICED THAT YOU ARE NOT ALONE

FOR THE BURDENS OF OTHERS ARE MUCH LIKE YOUR OWN.

 

THAT IS WHY GOD HAS ASKED YOU WITH EACH OTHER TO BOND

FOR WHEN PRAYERS ARE NEEDED, YOU TOGETHER RESPOND.

CONTINUE TO DO SO AS GOD YOU REVERE,

AND YOU, MY DEAR CHILDREN, WILL PERSEVERE.

 

THE MOUNTAIN, DEAR CHILDREN, YOU STILL NEED TO CLIMB

LEAVING WHAT IS NOT OF GOD TO REACH THE SUBLIME.

IN ORDER, DEAR CHILDREN, FOR YOU TO REACH THE PEAK,

DO NOT GIVE UP HOPE AS GOD’S KINGDOM YOU SEEK.

 

THIS YEAR WILL BE FOR YOU THE ULTIMATE TEST,

BUT YOU WILL BE REWARDED FOR DOING YOUR BEST.

THERE IS NOT MUCH TIME LEFT FOR YOU TO ADJUST;

TO FINISH YOUR JOURNEY YOU MUST LEARN GOD TO TRUST.

 

“THY WILL BE DONE”

1-22-2006

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