It is true. I stand at the door of your heart, day
and night. Even when you are not listening, even when you doubt it could
be Me, I am there. I await even the smallest sign of your response,
even the least whispered invitation that will allow Me to enter.
And I want you to know
that whenever you invite Me, I do come – always, without fail. Silent
and unseen I come, but with infinite power and love, and bringing the
many gifts of My Spirit. I come with My mercy, with My desire to forgive
and heal you, and with a love for you beyond your comprehension – a
love every bit as great as the love I have received from the Father ("As
much as the Father has loved me, I have loved you…" (Jn. 15:10) I come -
longing to console you and give you strength, to lift you up and bind
all your wounds. I bring you My light, to dispel your darkness and all
your doubts. I come with My power, that I might carry you and all your
burdens; with My grace, to touch your heart and transform your life; and
My peace I give to still your soul.
I know you through and
through. I know everything about you. The very hairs of your head I have
numbered. Nothing in your life is unimportant to Me. I have followed
you through the years, and I have always loved you – even in your
wanderings. I know every one of your problems. I know your needs and
your worries. And yes, I know all your sins. But I tell you again that I
love you – not for what you have or haven’t done – I love you for you,
for the beauty and dignity My Father gave you by creating you in His own
image. It is a dignity you have often forgotten, a beauty you have
tarnished by sin. But I love you as you are, and I have shed My Blood to
win you back. If you only ask Me with faith, My grace will touch all
that needs changing in your life, and I will give you the strength to
free yourself from sin and all its destructive power.
I know what is in your
heart – I know your loneliness and all your hurts – the rejections, the
judgments, the humiliations, I carried it all before you. And I carried
it all for you, so you might share My strength and victory. I know
especially your need for love – how you are thirsting to be loved and
cherished. But how often have you thirsted in vain, by seeking that love
selfishly, striving to fill the emptiness inside you with passing
pleasures – with the even greater emptiness of sin. Do you thirst for
love? "Come to Me all you who thirst…" (Jn. 7: 37). I will satisfy you
and fill you. Do you thirst to be cherished? I cherish you more than you
can imagine – to the point of dying on a cross for you.
I Thirst for You. Yes,
that is the only way to even begin to describe My love for you. I THIRST
FOR YOU. I thirst to love you and to be loved by you – that is how
precious you are to Me. I THIRST FOR YOU. Come to Me, and I will fill
your heart and heal your wounds. I will make you a new creation, and
give you peace, even in all your trials I THIRST FOR YOU. You must never
doubt My mercy, My acceptance of you, My desire to forgive, My longing
to bless you and live My life in you. I THIRST FOR YOU. If you feel
unimportant in the eyes of the world, that matters not at all. For Me,
there is no one any more important in the entire world than you. I
THIRST FOR YOU. Open to Me, come to Me, thirst for Me, give me your life
– and I will prove to you how important you are to My Heart.
Don’t you realize that
My Father already has a perfect plan to transform your life, beginning
from this moment? Trust in Me. Ask Me every day to enter and take charge
of your life. – and I will. I promise you before My Father in heaven
that I will work miracles in your life. Why would I do this? Because I
THIRST FOR YOU. All I ask of you is that you entrust yourself to Me
completely. I will do all the rest.
Even now I behold the
place My Father has prepared for you in My Kingdom. Remember that you
are a pilgrim in this life, on a journey home. Sin can never satisfy
you, or bring the peace you seek. All that you have sought outside of Me
has only left you more empty, so do not cling to the things of this
life. Above all, do not run from Me when you fall. Come to Me without
delay. When you give Me your sins, you gave Me the joy of being your
Savior. There is nothing I cannot forgive and heal; so come now, and
unburden your soul.
No matter how far you
may wander, no matter how often you forget Me, no matter how many
crosses you may bear in this life; there is one thing I want you to
always remember, one thing that will never change. I THIRST FOR YOU –
just as you are. You don’t need to change to believe in My love, for it
will be your belief in My love that will change you. You forget Me, and
yet I am seeking you every moment of the day – standing at the door of
your heart and knocking. Do you find this hard to believe? Then look at
the cross, look at My Heart that was pierced for you. Have you not
understood My cross? Then listen again to the words I spoke there – for
they tell you clearly why I endured all this for you: "I THIRST…"(Jn 19:
28). Yes, I thirst for you – as the rest of the psalm – verse I was
praying says of Me: "I looked for love, and I found none…" (Ps. 69: 20).
All your life I have been looking for your love – I have never stopped
seeking to love you and be loved by you. You have tried many other
things in your search for happiness; why not try opening your heart to
Me, right now, more than you ever have before.
Whenever you do open
the door of your heart, whenever you come close enough, you will hear Me
say to you again and again, not in mere human words but in spirit. "No
matter what you have done, I love you for your own sake Come to Me with
your misery and your sins, with your troubles and needs, and with all
your longing to be loved. I stand at the door of your heart and knock.
Open to Me, for I THIRST FOR YOU…"
"Jesus is God, therefore His love, His Thirst, is infinite. He the creator of the universe,
asked for the love of His creatures.
He thirsts for our love… These words:
‘I Thirst’ –
Do they echo in our souls?”
asked for the love of His creatures.
He thirsts for our love… These words:
‘I Thirst’ –
Do they echo in our souls?”
Mother Teresa
Imprimatur
Mons. G. Sergio De la Cerda Z.
Vicar General
Tijuana, B. C. México.
http://www.mcpriests.com/03_I_thirst_PrayerEN.htm
Mons. G. Sergio De la Cerda Z.
Vicar General
Tijuana, B. C. México.
http://www.mcpriests.com/03_I_thirst_PrayerEN.htm
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