THE CLOSER I GET TO YOU
WHISPERS TO AND FROM THE HOLY SPIRIT The Closer I Get To You Lord when I realizethe darkness within’I feel falsebut with you, I can have truthI feel a hopelessnessbut with you, I can have hope.I feel lovelessnessbut with you, l can have love.I feel selfishbut with you, I can be selflessI feel guiltbut with […]
THE REAL ME
WHISPERS TO AND FROM THE HOLY SPIRIT The Real Me Dear Lord, If I were to goto the depths of my beingI would find my “self”But that self I knownow would be in you.You are the “I” in who I am.My journey in life has beento find the real me accordingto the world but […]
IN ME THERE IS VICTORY
WHISPERS TO AND FROM THE HOLY SPIRIT In Me There Is Victory My son, there are so manychallenges that my peoplemust confront such thingsas anger, pride, judging others,lack of patience, fault finding,unnecessary curiosity, prejudice,bias opinions of people, placesand things, dependence on othersinstead of me, the need to be incontrol. There is no way you can […]
I BELONG TO YOU ALWAYS
WHISPERS TO AND FROM THE HOLY SPIRIT I Belong To You Always My mind is so littered withthe things of the world.I can’t stay still in you.I worry I am not a truefollower of yours orthat you cannot countme among your believersand if so you see me atthe bottom of the class,so to speak. Even […]
MY GOOD IS A REFLECTION OF YOU
WHISPERS TO AND FROM THE HOLY SPIRIT My Good Is A Reflection Of You Whatever good is in mebelongs to you dear Lordfor years I thought thatany good within mewas of my own doingbut now I know thatevery ounce of goodI have ever had in meor ever will haveis of you.It is your grace thatcreated […]
IN YOU, I AM
WHISPER TO AND FROM THE HOLY SPIRIT In You, I Am Dear Lord why did I letthe world shape myexistence when myexistence belongs toyou and should beshaped by the essenceof your being?Why is it so much easierto do the will of the worldinstead of your will?Why so many times didI care more about the worldmeasuring […]
WHO AM I
WHISPERS TO AND FROM THE HOLY SPIRIT Who am I Search not to define yourselfagainst the backdrop of the worldbut rather see who you are in me.The question about who you arelies in union with me.To find out who you aredoes not lie in finding outwho you think you are orwho you want to bebut […]
GOD ALLOWS ALL, GOD GIVES ALL
WHISPERS TO AND FROM THE HOLY SPIRIT God Allows All, God Gives All All things come fromme, your Godand no other.Even things that comefrom the worldand the people in it cometo you through me.God allows all, God gives all.In me you have everythingand nothing is needed.I am a great giver.You are a poor receiver.Do not […]
YOUR BEING IS MAJESTIC
WHISPERS TO AND FROM THE HOLY SPIRIT Your Being Is Majestic Knowing you Jesus is thedeepest one can get in life.To move toward intimacywith you is to reachthe depth of existence.Your being is majesticand mystical. The longerI walk with you the moreI know you and love you.The more I know and love youthe less of […]
HELP ME SEE YOU IN YOUR PEOPLE
WHISPERS TO AND FROM THE HOLY SPIRIT Help Me See You In Your People Lord, I find you ineveryone and everything.Help me see you in peoplewho want to do me wrong.Show me how I recognize youin others who are angry at me.How do I remain in you whensomeone uses meover and over again.Let me […]
YOU ARE WORTHY OF ME
WHISPERS TO AND FROM THE HOLY SPIRIT You Are Worthy Of Me Yes to be in true love with meyou must feel unworthy andhave no sense of self-righteousness.But in feeling this way you mustnot think of yourself as a“spiritual bum”In feeling this way you mustrealize that you have reacheda spiritual maturity which hasbeen given […]
SUFFERING FOR SALVATION
WHISPERS TO AND FROM THE HOLY SPIRIT Suffering For Salvation Lord, I know all sufferingleads to you if we seeyour grace and salvation in it.I know most human sufferingis brought about by our sinfulnature and allowed by you to happen.For in our suffering there shall you be,clearly visible and waiting for us to […]
I NEED THEE EVERY HOUR
WHISPERS TO AND FROM THE HOLY SPIRIT I Need Thee Every Hour (These words are from a favorite song of mine written by Fernando Ortega. If you want to hear the song click on the link below) I need Thee every hourMost gracious LordNo tender voice like ThineCan peace affordI need Thee, O I need […]
GOD’S PROTECTION FOR YOU AND YOURS
WHISPERS TO AND FROM THE HOLY SPIRIT God’s Protection For You And Yours I am with you inside andoutside your being.There’s no place youcan be that I am notwith you.My protection andprovision are alwaysabout you and yours.Urge your loved onesto turn to me andmanifest the presenceof the Holy Spirit withinthem which they receivedat their Baptism.I […]
EVEN MORE WILL BE REQUIRED
WHISPERS TO AND FROM THE HOLY SPIRIT Even More Will Be Required To match what you spirituallyknow of me now with what youspiritually knew of me in your pastis a trick of defeat by the devil.Your walk with me has maturedspiritually with each step.So the further along in your walkyou are with me the more […]
IN THE WORLD BUT NOT OF IT
WHISPERS TO AND FROM THE HOLY SPIRIT IN THE WORLD BUT NOT OF IT Where ever and whenever youlook for me I will be there.For you to be true with methe flesh must come underyour control. If you are constantlydoing as the flesh wills than howcan you follow my will?Yes it is the difference betweenphysical […]
LORD, YOU GIVE ME
WHISPERS TO AND FROM THE HOLY SPIRIT LORD, YOU GIVE ME Lord……………………………You give me breath when I can’t breatheYou give me light when I am in darknessYou give me understanding when nothing makes senseYou give me wisdom when I feel cluelessYou give me empathy when I feel it not.You give me […]
FAITH AGAINST FACT
WHISPERS TO AND FROM THE HOLY SPIRIT FAITH AGAINST FACT You must not see thingsas the world sees thingsbut as I see thingsCommon sense mayconclude it one waybased on fact but youas my disciple mustlook at worldly thingsbased on faith.You must measureyour faith against the factthen move ahead.So many times lookingat things worldly mayseem […]
CONNECTION TO DIVINITY
WHISPERS TO AND FROM THE HOLY SPIRIT Connection To Divinity The Holy Spirit is within you.You have made adwelling place for methrough his presence.I can only live in andthrough my peopleby way of the Holy Spirit.Without the Holy SpiritI cannot fully manifestmyself in my people.Without the existenceof the Holy Spiritin my people theHoly Trinity doesnot […]
INCREASE MY COMPASSION
WHISPERS TO AND FROM THE HOLY SPIRIT Increase My Compassion Lord, I need your graceto increase my compassiontoward your people.So often I see and feelthe pain of thosewho are hungry,those who are fearful,those who feel hopeless,those who are incarcerated,those who are old, sick, and lonely.Lord, I see their pain and feel it.What I am asking […]
ACCEPTANCE
WHISPERS TO AND FROM THE HOLY SPIRIT ACCEPTANCEWhen you accept mefor who I amyou have accepted life.When you accept my waysand my willyou have found the peaceyou seek.To accept who I amand my will gives you a purposein life, beyond any purposeyou can find in the world.With this sense of purposeyou know who you areand what you must […]
IT IS IN YOU I AM
WHISPERS TO AND FROM THE HOLY SPIRIT It Is In You That I Am How possibly Lord canI seek your likeness?If it was not for yourlove for me and the giftof the Holy Spiritto even think I had a chanceto become like youwould be insanity.With your grace, I can realizewhat seems so impossible to mebecause all things are […]
AN EXTREME RESPONSIBILITY
WHISPERS TO AND FROM THE HOLY SPIRIT An Extreme Responsibility I the Lord am here with you.looking at your present […]
SEEKING PERFECTION
WHISPERS TO AND FROM THE HOLY SPIRIT Seeking Perfection Lord, why is itthat in loving youI must seek perfection.How difficult it isto seek somethingthat cannot be hadon this side of heaven.Do you realizehow much of a challengeit is for an imperfectsoul to seek perfection?All the falls from grace,the deadly sins,the attacks of Satanand the ways […]
THE DOOR OF ETERNITY
WHISPERS TO AND FROM THE HOLY SPIRIT The Door Of Eternity I am your sourceof love and peace.You must realizethat your God is notinterested where you wereyesterday or before.Nor am I concerned with whereyou will be tomorrow.The only thing that isimportant in the face of eternityis where you are today.Are you following me today?Do you […]
SOAKING IN YOUR GRACE
WHISPERS TO AND FROM THE HOLY SPIRIT Soaking In Your Grace Dear Lord, how do I proceedto you and in youwhen I feel so unworthy.Showered in yourlove and kindness I feel soundeserving and ill-preparedto be of service to youand your people.But yet I am herein your shadowsoaking in your graceto help me deal withmy sinfulness.I […]
MY LOVE IS PURE
WHISPERS TO AND FROM THE HOLY SPIRIT My Love Is Pure My love is sweet.When you truly feelmy Godly love, whichcomes from your inside outYou are swallowed upin an “abyss” of loveso deep you can neverreach the bottom.You feel like you arefloating in the air,supported by nothing butmy ageless spirit andthe grace which claimsyou for […]
LORD PURIFY MY LOVE
WHISPERS TO AND FROM THE HOLY SPIRIT Lord Purify My Love Lord, maybe I gotit all wrong I haveto wonder if our loveand our relationshipis really as truly intimateas I think it is.It is not that I do nottrust you, it is meI do not trust. I askmyself, am I capableof giving the creatorall the […]
HELP MY UNBELIEF
WHISPERS TO AND FROM THE HOLY SPIRIT Help My Unbelief God, I lose my peacewhen I stop trusting you.No matter where I amor what I am doing,if I do not trust you,God, I am not at peace.When I stop trusting you,I then take over and dothings on my own,working so hard at lifeand what I […]
BECOME ONE WITH ME
WHISPERS TO AND FROM THE HOLY SPIRIT Become One With Me I am cleansing you constantlythrough your praise and prayersand silent time with me.You now knowthe more of youthat you give methe more of you I want.This cleansing, this conversiondoes not stopuntil you have becomeone with mein thought, word, and deed.This cleansing does not stopuntil […]
MY WILL IS NOT ENOUGH
WHISPERS TO AND FROM THE HOLY SPIRIT My Will Is Not Enough Lord, through yourmercy and graceyou can help medo the deedsyou want me to doand that I want to dofor you, but I do not.Where is my willand disciplineto get all that needsto be done in your name?I implore you to lookpast my stubbornnessand […]
A WORD FROM DR. DON
IT IS MY SPIRITUAL RESPONSIBILITY TO SHARE WITH OTHERS WHAT THE LORD HAS SHARED WITH ME It has been a while since I have posted to this blog and for that, I apologize. Indeed sometimes life gets in the way in being of service to the Lord. I would like to think nothing comes before […]
CREATED FOR GOOD
WHISPERS TO AND FROM THE HOLY SPIRIT Created For Good You are not defined by your false or by your failures. In my sight youwere created for good and good, you shall be.Do not falterbecause you sin.Simply acknowledgeyour sin, receive forgiveness and then move onwith the good I have for you to do.I see your […]
GODLY CHANGES
WHISPERS TO AND FROM THE HOLY SPIRIT Godly Changes I want you to seethe changeswhich you haveask me to makein you and thatI have granted.Thus you mustnow live thesechanges so thatthey existin your life.These changes giveglory not to youbut to me.Seeking and gettingGodly changes meannothing unlessyou live it.Take the changesI have made inyou out of […]
DEAR LORD, MY STOLEN HEART
WHISPERS TO AND FROM THE HOLY SPIRIT Dear Lord, My Stolen Heart You have stolen my heart, Dear Lord.Why do you leave it with me?Why do you not take what you have stolen? I am so wounded with your love? Why would you expect me such a sinner, to carry a heart, so pierced by […]
HURT AND HEALED
WHISPERS TO AND FROM THE HOLY SPIRIT Hurt And Healed In you, I hurt notWith your graceI am mendedIn your love and peaceI am healed.How you mustlove me so Lord,to take away all my hurt.How does your love handleall of my fears, anxietiesand unbeliefs.Is it I that cannot livewith my imperfection.Help me, Lordaccept me in […]
THE POWER AND POTENTIAL
WHISPERS TO AND FROM THE HOLY SPIRIT The Power and Potential The power of my graceis yours, Sin is part of whoyou are, and grace is what I am all about. My grace issanctifying you. It is yours to accept and live in always. Do not reject my gift of grace because you do not […]
THE SWEETNESS OF GOD’S LOVE
WHISPERS TO AND FROM THE HOLY SPIRIT The Sweetness of His Love In my love you will find sweetness,the sweetness of my strength.In my love, lives my very essence,I can be found in nothing else.It is only in my love that I existand that I can be seen and felt.You can be looking at me […]
DR. DON PONDERS
YOU WANT THINGS DONE YOUR WAY, DON’T YOU While I was in the pool this morning, I recollected a conversation I had nearly 20 years ago. At the time, I was building a very large home. I was general contracting it myself, so I hired a foreman to oversee the contractors. In one of our […]
GRATITUDE NOT GUILT
WHISPERS FROM THE HOLY SPIRIT Gratitude Not Guilt Your past sinfulness thatflash in front of your mindare not meant to createguilt but rather to make you aware that you are a new being in me. It ismeant to give you a view of who you were when you controlled your life and who you are […]
IN THE WORLD,BUT NOT OF IT
WHISPERS TO AND FROM THE HOLY SPIRIT In The World, But Not Of It Lord, show me how I can cooperate more fully in living with you, for you and by you. I feel there’s so much more I can do to fulfill your will. So often, the weight of the world pushes me down […]
STAY CONNECTED
WHISPERS TO AND FROM THE HOLY SPIRIT Stay Connected You always returnno matter how faryou roam or strayfrom me.Regardless of how oftenthe world steals youfrom me, and you let it,you always come back.We are so connected in divine love.There is nothing that will separate us fromeach other.Even your sins,no matter how greatwill not drive you away […]
CREATOR, CREATION AND CONNECTION
WHISPERS TO AND FROM THE HOLY SPIRIT Creator, Creation, And Connection You may approach meanytime or anyplace.My essence is the universe. I am in, near, around, andby all worldly things. You cannot separate the creator from his creation. I created all things so you can find me in all things. Do not confine me to […]
STAY IN THE GAME
WHISPERS TO THE HOLY SPIRIT Stay In The Game Yes, Lord, I feel like a minor league playeron the playfield of spirituality.I feel I am in a game which requires far moreplaying skills than I have. I thank you for sending methe Holy Spirit to be my coach. The Holy Spirit never givesup on me. […]
THE ONENESS OF EXISTENCE
WHISPERS FROM THE HOLY SPIRIT We Are One When you reachthe state of onenessyou look not with your eyesbut with your soul. Dr. Don’s Reflection Most of my Whispers To and From the Holy Spirit are much longer. But this Whisper which came to me today in my prayer time did not need to have […]
RUN WHERE, DEAR LORD
WHISPERS TO AND FROM THE HOLY SPIRIT Run Where, Dear Lord I feel like quitting Lordquitting, my walk with you.It is not becauseyou do not do for mebut rather I do not do for you. Being in your presencereminds meof how Christ-likeI need to be.Then, sadly, realizingI do not even come closemakes me want to run.But […]
BECOME ONE WITH ME
WHISPERS FROM THE HOLY SPIRIT Become One With Me I am cleansing you constantlythrough your praise and prayers and silent time with me. You now know the more of you that you give me the more of you I want. This cleansing, this conversion does not stop until you have become one with me in […]
WITH FAITH, ALL IS POSSIBLE
WHISPERS FROM THE HOLY SPIRIT With Faith, All Is Possible Nothing is impossible for you with faith. You can do anythingthat is in and of my willThere is nothingyou cannot do if it is of me. You can proceed assured without doubt that I am with youDoubt cracksthe power of faithand causes the lossof direction […]
LIVE IN ME
WHISPERS FROM THE HOLY SPIRIT Live In Me When you live andlove in meyou cannot livea low life.There may be timesyou feel low,but in meyour life is on high.Go tell my peopleto live in me,then the lowsof their lifewill pass throughmy being.In me your lowswill be broughton high.The lows of your lifewill find you,in me, […]
Your Success Is In Me
WHISPERS TO AND FROM THE HOLY SPIRIT Your Success Is In Me How can you not succeed when you are living and loving with me? There is nothing you cannot do when you are in my grace. Your Success is in me,not in the world.Do not worry about how you are seen by the world […]
IN MY PRESENCE
WHISPER FROM THE HOLY SPIRIT In My Presence My presence in you isconstantly being renewed.In receiving me, you donot remain the same,and neither do I.I will always renewmy presence in youdeeper, stronger, wiser,and more confidingand convicting.As you live in meyou will grow andthe more you receive methe more you will grow.Always look for my […]
THE UNCERTAINTIES OF LIFE
WHISPERS FROM THE HOLY SPIRIT The Uncertainties Of Life Why do you seekcertainty from me?Why do you need to know what the future will bring, what is going to happen and when?Why do you need my assurance that all will be well.? Why do you need the control and the comfort you get from […]
THE TRUE SOURCE OF PEACE
WHISPERS FROM THE HOLY SPIRIT The True Source of Peace In trusting meyour life is better.Have you notice the calm and peace it brings you?Not having trust in me only leads a soul to trust in selfthe world or Satan. This leads a soul to peril.There is only one true source of peaceand that is […]
MY GOD REIGNS
WHISPERS FROM THE HOLY SPIRIT My God Reigns If you trust meonly when thingsare going wellthen whereis the faith in that?To trust me in the midstof life’s miserywhen to the world,all thingsseem hopeless.This is the faithof one who lovesand knows God.To trust that allwill be wellin the faceof thefires of hell,is to say, “My God […]
IT IS ALL YOURS
WHISPERS FROM THE HOLY SPIRIT It Is All Yours You are special to me. What I am, you are.What I have, you have.The world is yours.It belongs to me. I gift it to youand all that is in it. The birds in the airare yours.Hear them sing. The clouds in the skyare yours, see […]
DR. DON PONDERS – The Moment
It is not good to get lost in the past. So many of us regret the past and fear the future which means we are not living in the moment. The key to spiritual maturity, peace, happiness, and joy is to live in awareness, to be conscious of where we are and what we are […]
YOU HAVE MUCH MORE IN ME
WHISPERS TO AND FROM THE HOLY SPIRIT You Have Much More In Me My love for youand my peoplehas withstood all time.Take comfort in the factmy love is never-endingand unconditional.While in the world’s eyesand even in your ownit looks as if you are without,I am bringing you to the pointwhere all is yours in […]
YOU MUST STOP, TAKE A BREATH
WHISPERS FROM THE HOLY SPIRIT You Must Stop, Take A Breath When time after timelife’s challengesbeat away at youand you feelthe pressure of the worldinstead of the sweetnessof my Holy Spirit,you must stop,and take a breath.Realize without that breath life would not be. Yet, in that breath, life is.Life was given to you by mewith […]
DR. DON PONDERS
“You know I am within you when you look at the rain and see the raindrops.” The Holy Spirit shared this with me this morning during my prayer time, and I have been pondering it all morning. In pondering it, I am thinking of my looking at the “rain” but not seeing the “raindrops.” Many […]
DR. DON PONDERS
“It is by the Holy Spirit that we love and those who are united to us in Christ. The more plentifully we have received of the Spirit of Christ, the more perfectly we are able to love them: and the more we love them, the more we receive the Spirit. It is clear, however, that […]
OUIR SILENCE SOARS
WHISPERS TO AND FROM THE HOLY SPIRIT Our Silence Soars Lord, I feel the soarof our silencein the essenceof your being.It is in this silencethat I knowyour greatness.It is in this silencethat I feelyour love for me.It is not in thesounds of the worldthat I find you,but in the silenceof my heart.It is in this […]
WHEN WILL THE WATERS, CALM
WHISPERS TO THE HOLY SPIRIT When Will The Waters Calm Jesus My Boat Is Being Tossedabout the waves of life.The winds of the worldare against me.I feel I will never reachthe shore of peace.When will the waters, calmSweet Jesus.Lord, the land seems so far away.I’m scared, Lord.Why is it, this is the boatDo you have […]
DR. DON PONDERS – Whispers
The other day I was sitting in church after Mass, and the Holy Spirit gave me these words to speak back to the Lord, “I come to you Lord not to be who I am but to be whom you want me to be” I pondered these words and I was amazed how surrendering and peaceful they […]
THE INTIMACY OF JESUS
WHISPERS TO THE HOLY SPIRIT The Intimacy of Jesus Lord, it gives mesuch great pleasureto be in youwith the intimacythat you and I have.It is you who hasbestowed on meyour good gracesin words andthe wisdom of the ages.I thank you so muchfor I not only hearyour words but Istore them in my heartwith love, joy, […]
DR. DON’S PONDERS -About Death
As I was writing the three posts below, I started pondering about death. I thought if I died today, would I be ready? Would you? Would all the things that have kept you so busy be important? Would you be ready to face God? I shiver just thinking about it, and I have been walking with […]
ALL WILL BE WELL
WHISPER FROM THE HOLY SPIRIT All Will Be Well Turn Your lifeover to me,with the promiseand intentnever to take it back.A total surrender,but not with the regretof a war lost,but the joyof a war won.That after a lifeof selfishness and sinyou realizeyou cannot controlyour life, orthe life of thosearound you.Now, at long lastyou can rest […]
HE IS ALWAYS THERE
WHISPER FROM THE HOLY SPIRIT He Is Always There There is no placeso alone that I am not there.Never, will I not bethere with you.There is no place so darkthat I will not shine My light.Never, will I not shinemy light on you.In loving Me,your life takes onan importancethat the worldcannot give you.An importanceyou can […]
WITH GOD’S LOVE
WHISPERS TO THE HOLY SPIRIT With God’s Love Lord, I know that in andwith your love,I can be hungrybut there will alwaysbe a banquet tablefor me.I can have no drinkbut I will never be thirsty.I can lose my possessionsbut I will never lose my faith.I can be imprisonedbut I will never be a prisoner.I can […]
