HOLY FATHER, thank YOU for Your Beloved SON+ Whose+ most noble Head bore the Crown of Thorns and which same sacred Head was struck with a reed, His+ Face with hands and fists.
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#3 ~ LENTEN MEDITATION ~ 2023 ~ for the Preparation of the GREAT PASSOVER ~HUMILIATION
We ALL want to be humble , like CHRIST.
We DON’T want to be humiliated , like CHRIST.
How do we learn humility ?
Humility , that wonderful virtue of CHRIST, draws us to HIMSELF+ . That virtue is what makes us NOT afraid to come to CHRIST with our soiled, messed-up, sin-filled lives. HE+ does indeed receive us “just as I am.”
11/28/2011
STRAW for the MANGER .... Advent 2011
And she brought forth her firstborn SON+
and wrapped HIM+ in swaddling clothes,
and laid HIM+ in a manger;
because there was no room for them in the inn.
Advent 2011
STRAW 2
...For the humiliation HE+ endured
for our sakes,
we give THEE thanks...
From the moment HE+ entered His+ birth-mother's womb, Our LORD suffered humiliation... as the good people of Nazareth whispered about His+ seeming "illegitimacy" even from the beginning.
Being born in a stable, with a manger as His+ first cradle, no loving grandmother or precious aunts around to help with the birthing, Our LORD suffered humiliation even as a rejected Babe +.
Humiliation was to be His+ portion from the time of His+ birth until HE+ said, "FATHER, it is finished... into THY Hands I + commit My+ SPIRIT. "
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O LORD,
I see Thy+ deep humiliation which was Thy+ portion from the beginning of Thy+ earthly days. Help me also to embrace the low portion, the low seat, the humiliation that others put upon me.
And, help me to embrace it with a Spirit of Humility, joining myself to the Suffering CHRIST-CHILD+ , with true thankfulness of heart and meekness of soul.... as I enter into every new situation.... even as I interact with old familiar family, neighbors, and friends.
Forgive me for fleeing from humiliation... forgive me for refusing to practice humiliation when THOU+ hast sent it to me for my portion for that hour.
Help me with this, O LORD, that I may with a gladsome heart embrace Thy+ Cross here on earth ..... in order to hear Thy+ Words: "Well done, good and faithful servant! Enter thou into the Joy of Thy LORD !"
In the Name of JESUS,
The LORD of the Humble of Heart ,
I pray.
Amen.
Straw for the Manger is a necessary thing for the CHRIST-CHILD'S first earthbound bed. Let us provide that straw, as a memorial of good works and repentances, to prepare for HIS+ coming, to remember HIS+ first Advent among the sons of men. For every good deed, kind deed, for every turning the other cheek, for every submission of our tongue to CHRIST JESUS, let us put a straw into the empty manger box and prepare our hearts for the Coming of The LORD.
4/17/2011
PALM SUNDAY HOSANNAS!
SAVE NOW,
I BESEECH THEE+,
O LORD!
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For the humiliation HE+ endured for our sakes, we give THEE thanks.... and also for the answers that HE+ gave to those who accused HIM+ wrongfully.
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We thank THEE for the times HE+ gave no answer at all to HIS+ accusers, as a LAMB+ led to the slaughter and as a sheep before his shearers is silent.
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O my people, put to death your desire for acclamation and praise; that desire will lead you astray.
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Seek MY+ face, not the face of man. If you turn your flesh from seeking man's smiles and TURN YOUR DESIRE FOR APPROVAL UPON ME+, you will have the true wisdom which cometh from Above.
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You will have that peace which no man can take from you.
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You will have that abundant joy which turns every slight, every hurt, every rough word spoken against you into a glorious jewel for your crown.
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Learn from ME+ as I rode the colt into Jerusalem to receive MY+ crucifixion, not my acclamation.
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Your greatest victory comes AFTER you have picked up your cross and died unto Self.
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Practice it,
practice it,
practice it.
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