Divine Encouragement and Inspiration

Divine Encouragement and Inspiration (1)

Issue published on November 28th, 2010

Our Lord Jesus Christ is speaking to His children thus...

What would I do if I watched the Evening News? Any evening News.

How could I possibly tolerate the violence, poverty, injustice and hopelessness that ravage your communities?

Would I not suffer by the inability of those who claim to be My followers to find a way to restore hope, dignity and relevance to the victims?

Did not My Father made man in His Image and let them have dominion over all the earth and what it contained? [Genesis 1: 26]

Did not I say “...he that believeth in me, the works that I do, he also shall do; and greater than these shall he do”? [John 14:12]

How then, with the Power We have given you over Creation you...

... squander your time and talents generating fame and fortune, while neglecting your own family and community?

... blindly leave it up to governments to assist your struggling global neighbors, blindly trusting that they will automatically do what is right and just?

... can be comfortable with a society where the rich get richer and the poor poorer?

... are suspicious of people who are different than yourself?

... get enjoyment from scandalous gossip?

Would I be indifferent to the pillaging of God's creation, all to satisfy the extravagant needs of one or two generations while condemning all future ones to live in a world stripped of its life-giving beauty?

Would I be content to go on with My own life, oblivious of the suffering of – the rejected – the homeless – the unemployed – the elderly – the sick – the forgotten – the lonely – the hopeless – the hungry – the abused – the oppressed?

You call yourself a follower of Christ, but are you really? If you examine the focus of your everyday actions and your priorities – how closely do you find that they would match what I would do in your place?

In the Gospel, you learn how I was surrounded by suffering and, with compassion, brought hope and healing into the world – this was My mission!

How much of your time and efforts do you devote to living this mission and continuing the legacy I left in the care of My followers?

Do you think it is enough to simply donate a small portion of our excess to those less fortunate than yourself? Or is there more yet that you can do and should do?

When a child in Africa, whose village has been decimated by AIDS and drought, cries out to God – Why God appears to be silent and the hunger continues?

When a child, whose home is surrounded by bombs, gunfire and the screams of the dying, cries out to God – Why God appears to be silent and the dying continues?

When a child prostitute, helplessly trapped in the slums of Calcutta, cries out to God – Why God appears to be silent and the suffering continues?

Is it really God who is silent? Absent? Or is it you who have chosen to ignore God's call to be His healing hands, His voice of justice, and His eyes and ears of compassion?

Think about this while you have time for when you stand before My Throne of Judgment, it will be entirely too late...

miguel de Portugal commented then:

I do not make the Rules or the Laws - I just remind the world of them. Let us not forget that World War II "just didn't happen" - God allowed it in the face of man's disobedience.

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You are invited to be an instrument in keeping this Ministry ongoing - It is NOW in your hands to do so!

Remember, you may share this page with whomever the Holy Spirit of God moves you to.

A Reminder: Men of Galilee, why do you stand here looking into the sky? This same Jesus, who has been taken from you into heaven, will come back in the same way you have seen him go into heaven. [Acts 1:11]

(1) Although miguel de Portugal was not the original transmission instrument for the above, he assures the faithful, from first hand personal knowledge, that what is read above is true and from Our Lord Jesus Christ. The Holy Spirit of God will confirm the validity of our statement to those who have ears to hear and eyes to see.