This word is submitted by Wendy Graham [wendy4c@primus.ca]

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                    My Father's Loving Kindness


  "Give yourselves to God. Surrender your whole being to Him to be
   used for righteous purposes."  -- Romans 6:13 

Dear one, draw into Me. Draw into My loving kindness. Can you hear what 
it is that I am saying to you? 

I see all your trials that you are now in. I see the opposition that 
has been inflicted upon you and you question why it has come to you. 
I know the agony of your soul in trying to understand the things that 
you do not understand. You even question how it is that I love you in 
these days when you feel such anguish of soul. 

I have seen how you have stood fast for Me. You have kept on coming 
even though others put obstacles in your way. You wonder why you 
have come to such a place now. You strive and seek Me for answers in 
your despair, but you have not heard Me and can not find Me. 

I am right here, dear one! Do you think that I have abandoned you? 

You say that trials and adversity have become your lot in life. You
continually ask, "Is this Your will for me? Why has this strange thing
suddenly come upon me?"  

Dear one, My Father in heaven loves you just as He has loved Me. I 
am living testimony to this love. This you know. You see, I was not 
forsaken in the Garden of Gethsemane. The Father's perfect will was 
formed in this place. It was through surrender of My will and coming 
into alignment with the Father's will that great love was made 
possible. This was not easily done. I sweated drops of blood and 
asked whether this cup could pass from Me. It was through My 
crucifixion that I brought forth agape love and renewal of life. 

Do not be afraid in your trials. As the Father glorified Me in it, so 
will you also be glorified in Me. I am living testimony to this victory 
and I behold you. You are not forsaken. No, I say to you, dear one, you 
are not forsaken! 

You see, My Father's purpose is to bring you into a place of His divine 
love. It is your destiny. It is a much higher place and way of being 
as you behold His love. It is His desire that you advance to the next 
spiritual level, a new place of understanding in His power and purpose. 
You can not come by any other way than through the blood of the cross. 
It was by My glorified state where you could truly understand My 
Father's plan. He allowed it to be for His greater purpose and works. 
So it is with you also.

So child, My Father is drawing you into this place of crucifixion, one 
of dissolving old mindsets. It is one where old thought patterns will 
become obsolete and you will behold new things in the Spirit. It is a 
place of growth and prosperity and also one of sacrificial love. When 
you come into complete alignment with My Father's will, then you will 
enter into this new season of life that has been prepared for you. You 
will flourish in this season. You will be given beauty for ashes.  

Do not be afraid or confused in the midst of it. My Father gives you 
not of these things, but only gives you life in the Spirit. My Glorious 
state arose out of the heavenlies. So dear one, I say to you, look up 
and you will find My Father's will. You will find that it is good, 
pleasing and perfect. 

Come, My Father is now drawing you in to His loving kindness.