4-Feb-2022_getting to know Me more
(Jesus speaking: ) You don’t know Me in the way I wish you would; THE most intimate ways of all. But I’m going to teach you, and you will learn. And only then shall we be wed. For unless you know Me to the depths, you don’t know enough to cling like an abalone. If you only know this or that aspect, it’s enough to either attract you or repel you, or get you needing Me for this or that purpose. 
However, to round off the experience, we must be one in the most intricate and deep ways. And this only comes when you have learned the sides of Me that you are coming to know now. And it’s not something that can just be written down, for you must literally walk with Me; that is to say walk the walk or live certain things out, and for a long enough time to know what I want you to see and experience about Me.
I’m going to take you down some windy roads, and they aren’t going to be particularly enjoyable, but that is because I am to be the light of  your world, of your existence. How can one truly know what light really looks like, and even how essential it is unless they walk in the dark for a while and see the light in action, shining more brightly than ever? Or how can one truly savor a good meal unless they have been working hard all day and gone without it for quite some time? How can one cherish the feeling of warmth and know what it is, and how pleasant it is, unless they have been cold?
Cold, dark and hungry are conditions that aren’t pleasant for anyone, but that is the classroom setting for learning about how great the true light is, how needed nourishment is, and how wonderful warmth and heat can be. You learn in these times to appreciate what they truly are and how essential they are to you, and how very much you need and appreciate what they can do for you.
So don’t despise the cold and dark classroom, with only hard work and little to nibble on. It is at these times when I will show you more perfectly who I am and what I can do for you.
Then what happens? I break through the dark as lightning, from one side of Heaven to the next. The heat of My love sears your wounds and joins you to Me forever. And to celebrate, we have the biggest and best feast you’ll ever know. On and on will go the refreshing and elaborate joy to be feasted on. 
But you will have learned to love Me in a new and deeper way by that time, and will love all that I have to offer; for you will love Me much more perfectly—more sides to Me. 
I want you to know all of Me, that way I can trust you will love Me forever, and not wonder if or when something will turn you away. Okay?
So though things aren’t to your liking, keep looking for the real Me who is trying to reveal Myself to you, a bit more with each turn of the road.
To get you ready to be filled, sometimes, or rather most times, I have to take something away that you’ve been feeding on, for only then will you be truly interested in trying something new that I have to offer. You are hungry enough to not care so much about the packaging and so forth; you are just glad to have something to feed your hungry soul.