The Way of God: Something from Nothing and Cosmos from Chaos

 

Date: Saturday, June 6, 2015

Message:  The Way of God: Something from Nothing and Cosmos from Chaos

Lord, you spoke today - "The way of God is to create something from nothing."  Jesus, you left everything in heaven and became nothing, a tiny homeless baby laying in a manger.  Jesus, you recreated us from nothing, your humble beginnings and then out of the chaos of our sin made of us something. Lord, you ask us to empty ourselves,  dump our pride and possessions, to become nothing so that God, you can fill us with everything.

Brother Joseph +

“Have this attitude among yourselves which was also in Christ Jesus, who, as He already existed in the form of God, did not consider equality with God something to be grasped at, but rather emptied Himself by taking the form of a slave and being born in the likeness of men. And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself by becoming obedient to the point of death: death on a cross. For this reason also God highly exalted Him, and bestowed on Him the name which is above every name, so that at the name of Jesus every knee will bow, those who are in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and that every tongue proclaim that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.” Philippians 2:5-11

"I Am God Your Father"

Date: Wednesday, November 9, 2005

Time: 6am

Message: "I Am God Your Father"

Lord God, before awakening, you granted a vision and through it said, "I Am God your Father."  I saw the face of one like God, King of heaven and earth. His face, worn and full of wisdom. His gaze, piercing thoughts through steel blue eyes . God the Father's understanding, reflected in flowing white hair and beard. Robed in a garment white as snow and a blue tunic flooded with
the depths of the sea.

Brother Joseph +

(Painting, "God the Father of Mercy" by Cecil Kim, Servants of the Father of Mercy, 2008.)

God: "I Am the Hound of Heaven."

 

Date: Friday, October 14, 2005

Message: "I Am the Hound of Heaven."

Today, I decided to begin journaling, Much has happened since a thirty-minute near-death experience just a few weeks ago, September 26, 2005.

Today the Lord spoke. He revealed more about Himself than what He communicated a few weeks ago. The Lord said, "I Am the Hound of Heaven."  In hindsight, I completely understand. He was definitely in hot pursuit when I was a a child, a teenager and now as an adult.  Yes, Lord, you are the "Hound of Heaven!"  Your constant call is grace. Your persistent quest, unyielding. Suffering, a gift so that I might gain the pearl of great prize.  Your hunt, a gift, that when answered, ends in eternal life.

Brother Joseph +

Coincidentally, God has also been known as "The Hound of Heaven" in historical English literature since the late 1800s.  English poet Francis Thompson authored 182-line poem that famously describes the call of God on human lives in a very poetic but down-to-earth  realistic way.  ”The Hound of Heaven” was first published in Thompson's first volume of poems in 1893. Later, it was also  included in the Oxford Book of English Mystical Verse.

Jesus Speaks at Christmastime: "I Am born in you."

Date: Christmastime, Friday, December 23, 2005

Message:  "I Am born in you."

Jesus: "The Apostle spoke saying, 'Christ in you is the hope of glory.' Through Christmas, I Am born in you. I can do what the law fails to do. The Prophet spoke of the first Christmas saying,  'I will place my law within your hearts; I will be your God and you will be my people.' (Jeremiah 31:36) 

"At this Christmas time, be aware that I Am.  I Am Jesus incarnate in you as I Am in Mary.  I am constantly being born in the world today through each and every one who calls upon me and is baptized in My name."

Brother Joseph +

Jesus spoke a similar message to Moses, "I AM WHO I AM. This is what you are to say to Israel. `I AM has sent me to you,' God said to Moses." Exodus 3:14