“My heart is overwhelmed” – the words God spoke to Hosea when he gazed upon his children, children, who up until this point had expressed indignant, and rather blatant, disobedience and rebellion towards God. Yet, God’s heart remained full of love for them. If anyone ever tells you that the God of the Old Testament is an angry wrathful God then I invite you to point them to today’s first reading. Our God is a God full of tender love for his children – always has been and always will be. Even when we fall short and sin, his love remains. God’s steadfast love never wanes and it never wavers.
The Sacred Heart
Today we celebrate the Sacred Heart of God – the Solemnity of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus. You see, God loved us so much that he had to come down and live with us – fully God and fully human in every way except sin. His love for us called him into the “human experience”. God is eternal and his love for us is eternal as well. His eternal love for humanity is found in the Sacred Heart of the Second Person of the Holy Trinity – Jesus Christ.
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things came to be through him, and without him nothing came to be. John 1:1-3
And this is why the Sacred Heart of Jesus is so precious and powerful – it is the heart of God in both human and divine form. This is where we can go for true healing, the seat of love itself. Each and every one of us has experienced both love and the absence of love. It can be tough being human… However, we have a place to go for respite that is eternally available to us – God’s Sacred Heart.
Seeking Wholeness and Healing
We all seek wholeness and healing; for ourselves, for our loved ones, and for the world. In order to receive real healing we must find a way to release our pain and move beyond it. Does this sound hard or impossible? I suppose it often does – it certainly sounds hard to me when things get rough. (Like right now, my mother’s heart is breaking – again). In an attempt to be vulnerable here I want to share something with you – it is very hard for me to escape my tendency towards depression and receive real healing when things get tough. When hard times happen a big part of me wants to crawl up in a ball and fall into deep sadness. And sometimes I do indeed fall. Then I remind myself of Jesus’ words.
“…For my yoke is easy, and my burden light.” – Matthew 11:30
Human Pain
If Jesus’ words are true, and they are, then there is a way through our pain and brokenheartness. This way is Jesus Christ himself – through his wounds. He came and suffered for all of humanity. In his body – his entire body; his physical, emotional, and spiritual body, he experienced every wound of mankind. Every one of our sins became manifest in him, and this is where our Triune God wants us to place our wounds. Our sins are beyond our human ability to transform and heal them. All of our human pain is beyond our ability to heal it. We are not that powerful and this is why we need an eternal savior – Jesus Christ. We must unite our pain with his, it is the right place to lay it down.
“…with his stripes we are healed” – Isaiah 53:5.
His Sacred Heart
The healing balm mankind needs is found in the Sacred Heart of Jesus – the seat of divine love. The old Beatles song “Love Is All You Need” is indeed true. The love in Jesus’ heart called him to absorb our pain, yet, God gave us free will and we must actively surrender our pain to Jesus Christ. God loves us too much to force anything upon us – even if something is for our good. If you are a parent yourself I am sure you can relate. When was the last time you wanted something good for your child, yet, you had to sit back and allow them to make their mistakes. I am experiencing this heartache with my middle daughter right now.
LIVE Language (Love is Victorious Everywhere)
If you are familiar with my work then you may be familiar with the term LIVE Language. LIVE Language is verbiage that brings about transformation and healing. Many of my LIVE statements fit in perfectly with today’s readings so I thought I would share a bit of this with you today. I hope you find them useful on your journey.
To begin, we must acknowledge that all true healing is only available through Jesus’ stripes – his wounds. I understand that thinking about Jesus’ intense suffering and accepting that he did this for us is a bitter pill to swallow. However, it is true. He came and suffered for us – and he would do it all over again if needed. I believe the best way we can honor God, and what he carried for us in the person Jesus Christ, is by uniting our wounds with the wounds of Christ. This is God’s desire. Then, once we have given our wounds to Christ we must surrender to his Sacred Heart and ask for healing – healing that only comes from divine love.
Here is a sample of LIVE Language:
“I acknowledge all of the pain and heartache I feel in my body and I unite it with the pain Jesus experienced for me in his Passion. I call it up out of my body and I lay it at the foot of the Cross for Jesus to do with it as he wills. Then I ask God, through Jesus, in the Holy Spirit to come into that space and heal it with the divine love of his Sacred Heart so I can experience my life as God desires.
Note: When you call up your pain I invite you to be specific. For example. Let’s say you are experiencing anger towards your sister-in-law Sally because she gossips about your children to your mother-in-law Beth. Ouch right? In this case you may want to say “I acknowledge the anger I feel towards Sally when she gossips about my children to Beth and I unite my anger with the pain Jesus experienced for me in his Passion. I call it up out of my body and I lay it at the foot of the cross for Jesus to do with it what he wills. Then I ask God, through Jesus, in the Holy Spirit to come in that space and heal it with the divine love and forgiveness of his Sacred Heart so I can love and forgive Sally as God desires.”
My Birthday and My Work
Well, today (June 7th – I write my Friday reflection on Thursday) is my 55th birthday and I am looking at my life – and my work. I guess that’s why I shared a bit of my work with you in today’s reflection. I love my work, and in all humility I will share with you that God works powerfully in it. Walking with individuals through their pain into new life is an amazing gift – sometimes I can’t believe God gave this to me. But he did, and I need to be a good steward of this work.
I am asking for your prayers as I move forward with greater vigor. Admittedly, I hold back and don’t share much about my work in this blog – I don’t want my words to come across as a “sales pitch”. I guess I need to get over that. Anyway, this work belongs to God and I am in need of prayers for its expansion into the world. I’m not sure what God intends; however, I know our prayers will provide a catalyst needed. I have dedicated my life to God and his intention for me. He has called me to be a healer, and while I don’t really know what that looks like on a larger scale, I trust him. Thank you in advance for all of your prayers. If you would like to learn more about my work I invite you to visit my website here: The LIVE Method.
Global Light For Christ
We are a community striving to become pure of heart. If you are seeking to become healed of wounds that can only be healed through the love of Jesus’ Sacred Heart please leave your petition below. We always strive to more fully surrender to the will of our Triune God and together we can make a difference in the world. Please pray for my middle daughter, pray that she surrender to God, feel his love, and that God surrounds her with his saints and angels.
Spiritual Friendship Circle
Once a month my Spiritual Friendship Circle meets in my home to support each other on our spiritual journey. If you live in the area consider this your invitation. Click here for further information. However, I do recognize that many of you do not live near me – a vast understatement of course! Perhaps God is calling you to begin, or participate in, a Spiritual Friendship Circle? I think it is a great way to love ourselves and our neighbors all the while loving God.
God bless all of you. See you next week Friday – Carolyn
God the Father – hold us in your Fatherly love.
Sacred Heart of Jesus – heal us with your divine love.
God the Holy Spirit – immerse us in divine love.
