Great story Joseph, could you tell us what your first infilling of
the divine love felt like and what you did to get it.
thanks, George from Belgrade
I answered George's question. You can read it in the comments.
After I wrote what I did, I began to think that there is so much more that can be said about George's question. First of all, I didn't do anything special - at least not in a formal way, identified as a conscious act on my part.
I suppose what I did was pay very close attention to what I was reading for the first time about Divine Love. I was attentive. I listened. I was interested. I gave my undivided attention to what I was reading in the Padgett Messages. I was alert.
Also, my heart was interacting with the words. My soul was hungry and thirsty for the words I was reading. I did not argue. I did not debate. I did not judge. I was open like a child's heart might be listening to his mommy or daddy.
I could not get enough. And so I read nearly continuously for three days. This, that I did, is remarkable in itself. I see this as the evidence of the Divine Love flowing into my soul. The Divine Love is never forced into the soul of any person. Divine Love comes into the soul when we ask, and this asking does not need to be formal, and certainly not a ritual. Our Heavenly Father hears the cry of our heart. The unspoken longings of our soul, our Father hears, and responds. Love, Divine Love flows when we ask.
This is what happened to me on April 26th, 2006: The words on the computer screen were from the automatic writings of James Padgett, messages received from Jesus and other spirits. I read and my soul awakened to the Love behind the words.
I could have responded in a different way to what I saw on the computer screen. I could have said "This is nonsense," and shut off the computer. If I did that, I would have been the loser. I judged something that is meant for life and joy, peace and happiness.
We are the only ones that can block the presence of love. Love - the Divine Love - is waiting and available to all. No one is denied the Divine Love. Only we can do that. So, on April 26th, ten years ago, I was given the gift of seeing the messages of the Divine Love, and I did not turn away. I stayed glued to the computer screen for three days straight, taking breaks only for sleep and family obligations. Then I returned to the screen and continued.
Was it easy? No. Did I have questions? Yes. But underneath, as mentioned, I was a hungry child, and continued with the feast offered to me.
In the early days of my experience with the Divine Love, I read something that James Padgett received from Jesus during the first days of his experience, back in 1914. On October 5th, 1914, Jesus wrote this to James:
"You must not be too anxious for me to explain all the mysteries of God's creation. I must not teach you all of them now, but will later, when you have become purified and are at-one with Him.
Go to God in prayer, and He will remove from your soul all that tends to defile it and make it alien from Him. He is the One that will clean it from all sin and error."
As soon as I could, I memorized this and used it daily as often as I could, as my mantra and instructions on how to pray. The change that I experienced on April 26th was the beginning of a process of my soul being healed and transformed by the Divine Love. I could have stopped and walked away; but I did not do this. It was not always easy, but I kept on keeping on.
Daily reading and meditating on the messages received by James Padgett, became my routine and practice. This, with daily prayer, became my new lifestyle. Later on, when I discovered the prayer that Jesus gave to James Padgett, I memorized it and added it to my daily practice and discipline.
Ten years later, this remains my daily routine.
Again, thank you for reading this.
- Joseph