This word is submitted by Judy Bauman [rivermistlighthouse1@comcast.net]

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                     The Exchange

O My beloved. Can't you see that I desire to make an exchange with you?  I
want to give you beauty for ashes and joy for fear.

I want you to hand Me the broken events from your life--the rejection,
shame, heartbreak, abandonment, grief, fear, and everything that fills your
heart that is not from Me.  Give Me the defiling things in your heart.  Let
the exchange take place.  As you release each one, fill that place in your
heart with My love, My approval, My joy, My peace, My forgiveness.  But
remember, it's all because of My intense love for you.