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January 17th, 2002
Received by H.R.
Cuenca, Ecuador.
.... and you walked all day long with these words in your head,
you went so far as to download the text from the Internet. Why don't
you write it here?
H.R.: Yes, it is true. All day long, I was
thinking of these words. Here they are:
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FOOTPRINTS IN THE SAND
One night I dreamed I was walking along
the beach with Jesus.
Many scenes from my life flashed across
the sky.
In each scene, I noticed footprints in the
sand.
Sometimes there were two sets of footprints.
Other times there were one set of footprints.
This bothered me because I noticed that
during the low periods of my life
When I was suffering from anguish, sorrow,
or defeat,
I could see only one set of footprints.
So I said to Jesus, "You promised me,
Jesus,
That if I followed you, you would walk with
me always.
But I noticed that during the most trying
periods of my life
There have only been one set of prints in
the sand.
Why, When I have needed you most, you have
not been there for me?"
Jesus replied,
"The times when you have seen only
one set of footprints
Is when I carried you."
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Yes, I made you remember these words. Because you have an unsolved
problem.
H.R.: A problem?
Don't you have any? Then you have solved everything?
H.R.: Ah!... I understand. You are referring
to the letter!
Exactly. Your German friend's letter. She is desperate, she feels
forlorn, everything turns out bad for her, and she wrote to you.
She awaits your answer.
H.R.: It is true, and I feel really embarrassed
because I don't know what to tell her.
And how about these words?
H.R.: These are beautiful words. But I understand that
sometimes one is in such a difficult situation that these words
might prove counter-productive. This has happened to me often. Then
I prefer that nobody talks to me, because I think "They can
talk so easily, but am I in serious trouble, and what good is all
this talk for?"
But she has written to you. Don't you think that she waits for
some help from your side, even if it is just some words of encouragement?
H.R.: Yes, you are right, but I really don't
know what to tell her.
And you want to write a book, without knowing
what to tell people? Why you don't tell her the following:
I know that you have serious problems. Nothing turns out well for
you. Even when you volunteered for social work in another country,
on another continent, they did not accept you. And always when these
situations arise, we have to analyze our motives.
We have repeated endlessly that Our Heavenly Father listens to
our prayers. He fulfills our desires, but always under the condition
that our desire really benefits us.
If the motive for this intended change is not really in the first
place the social work itself, but perhaps some kind of escape from
a situation, which you find unbearable in your own country, such
as materialism and superficiality, have you thought that exactly
the same thing might await you there? Or perhaps something worse?
Thinking that way, perhaps you might conclude that the fact of not
being accepted is not necessarily a failure, but the prevention
of something worse.
In addition you have to analyze your professional and family situation.
What are the circles you move in? Who are your friends and partners?
Do they help you and do they benefit you? Because you have to understand
that all souls are in constant contact, in constant exchange with
their surroundings. You can receive "positive energy",
if you allow me to express myself this way, but it may also happen
that people in your environment "suck" the rest of your
energy, and they leave you weak and empty, feeling cold and alone.
Think it over.
Precisely in our moments of despair, we are strongest. It is then
when we are closer to God than ever.
Life often demands changes. It is necessary to take decisions with
wisdom, but principally, we have to learn that our happiness depends
on our inner peace, a peace that we can only obtain with God’s
help, through His Love.
And I also want you to stop seeing all that happens as a "punishment
from God." God does not punish you. There are so many mass
murderers in high positions, enjoying lots of money and luxury,
and God does not punish them. Their own life will fall upon them
like a heavy weight, squashing them, when their hour has come, but
God does not punish. Do not think in these ways.
You have to learn to listen inside you. You will hear a voice that
will guide you. But in order to hear this voice, you have to continue
praying, so that peace returns to your heart. You will perceive
your guidance, as all mortals may perceive it. Moreover, this guidance
will ensure that your decisions will be for the best.
This voice will also give you the certainty that you are never
alone, that we are always with you, in the good times and in the
bad times. We are keen to help you, and to do so we need your attention.
You live in a given environment, but you are not a passive object
that has to tolerate everything. Instead you have the possibility
of determining and influencing your surroundings.
However, the most important thing I want to tell you is, do not
abandon prayer and do not lose your faith, because nobody will help
you, only God.
The living soul is a soul full with hopes and aspirations. When
people lose this, they lose everything, and they wither like autumn
leaves.
Courage!
H.R.: I think I will send this message just
as I received it.
This is OK with me. Do it.
You know, sometimes I feel like a father, who wants to explain
to his son who despairs of school projects, that school is not everything,
that there is so much more beyond it — but he cannot do so,
because he would run the risk that the boy misunderstands this.
Actually it is spirituality which takes us away from daily life,
elevating us, and from above, even the biggest obstacles look pretty
small.
With much love, and with many greetings to S___,
Your brother in Heaven,
Judas
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