Excepts from
"Climbing the Mountain"


Anne's Trips To Heaven

Jesus drew me into Him and I experienced peace. He then said, "What do you see, Anne? Look around you."

I saw trees. We were above an area of beautiful trees. As I looked down at them, our Lord encouraged me to look more closely. I did and saw a stream cut into the ground. It was the most beautiful, clear water, moving steadily over rocks and moving downhill in a gradual way. I saw a woman on the other side of the stream from us. She was sitting on a rock, looking at the water and listening. I approached her, on Jesus' urging, and she gave me the most beautiful smile. 

She said, "Listen, Anne. Listen to the sounds." I did and it was beautiful, like music. There was so much to it that it was like a symphony because there were so many different aspects of the sound that I had to settle in on small parts at a time. The music in a symphony all blends together and you hear it as a whole. That stated, intellectually you understand that so much has gone into the music's preparation and so many instruments come together and blend for the finished music. This stream was similar in that way.

Jesus said, "You see that this saint is learning about Me from listening to the sounds of the stream. I created water, in its purity. She is contemplating My goodness in giving so many gifts to souls on earth. She is contemplating the depth of  My wisdom as the Creator. She is learning about purity, about love, about the movement of the Spirit through all things created. Anne, this is how holy souls are on earth. When they contemplate the beauty of nature, they see Me. I am the Creator."

 On Developing Personal Holiness...

When a soul is drifting out in nowhere land, that soul is easily distractible. The winds of the world blow freely out here, leaving a soul vulnerable to being whipped around from place to place. If that describes us, we will see that we lose interest in projects quickly and our positions on moral issues change from day to day. There is no anchor, you see, so any burst of change in the world can relocate us to somewhere else. 

Clearly, this is no place for an apostle. It is uncomfortable to be on a path that is always shifting. The feet feel unsteady and this feeling of unsteadiness communicates itself to others through us, leaving them unsettled. One has only to look around to see what the impact of this unsteadiness has been on families and vocations. 

On Joy in Service...

This may be the single most important topic covered. When a soul is performing a service for Jesus, generally great joy is available to accompany that work. If this joy is accessed, others will see heaven. It is that simple. When one proceeds through life, even during hardship, united to Jesus and in the awareness of heaven's presence, there is joy. Others see this and cannot help but notice and become affected by the joy of the true apostolic servant.

During this time there is an absence of joy, as well as a dearth of service. It is for this reason that we are immersed in a self-perpetuating darkness. Souls do not serve, others remain unloved and fall into darkness, and they in turn do not serve and others remain unloved and on it goes. But just as this non-service is contagious, so also is service. Joyful service is even more contagious again because in a time when so few experience joy, there is a premium on it, so much so that the world makes constant claims about this thing or that thing, all offering joy. In the West, it is materialism. Souls are told that if they own this car or those shoes, they will have joy. We have turned into a world filled with lords and masters. There is a shortage of true servants. But now the lay apostle will reverse this trend with his dedicated service to Jesus Christ, his Returning King.

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