(Written on 2-4-11)

-Jesus: "Scott, connect your heart to my Heart and see that we are brothers.  There is nothing you lack.  Everything is yours, as it is mine.  Everything is a gift from our Father.  The only choice you have to make is which gift you want to pick up and unwrap."
-me: "I want you to select a gift for me."
-Jesus: "Here is the gift I choose for you.  A green hill of soft grass where you can lie in the sunshine.  The world is moving very fast.  There are few people who rest deeply and become still enough to hear my voice.  More education is not what you need.  No education compares with my voice speaking to you--my voice speaking in you and through you.  The world needs to hear my gentle, gracious voice.  And what is needed in order to hear is a stillness born of trust and hope.  You are understanding more what Fr. Michael said to you concerning sloth.  He said that constant work and activity can be a manifestation of sloth.  Sloth is despair; it is a sin against hope and trust.  Constant activity that is devoid of spirit is sloth.  From the standpoint of spirit, it is a denial of the one activity that is most needful: to sit and listen to my voice.  To sit and listen with a wide-open heart is challenging work.  Hope is one of the most unused muscles.  The most strenuous use of this muscle is to be still and listen.  Are you willing to let your heart be cracked open?  In this cracking, my Heart will emerge in you.  I invite you to lie down in the grass."