This word is submitted by Teresa Seputis (ts@GodSpeak.org)

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                        Celebrate

Precious one, celebrate and rejoice in Me.  Know that I am a good God and 
that I desire for your joy to be full.  Put off the garments of heaviness 
and sorrow and take upon yourself the garments of radiant praise, for that 
is the garment that I have given to you.

I am your Shepherd and I am good. Yes, it is true that there are times 
when I lead you through the valley of the shadow of death. I take you
there because of things in your character that can only be molded in that 
valley.  But I never intended to leave you there; My plan has always been 
to lead you through the valley and out of it.  I will bring you back to 
the mountaintop, for I do not desire that any of My dear ones reside 
permanently in the shadow of death.  I have indeed prepared a place for 
you, and that dark valley is not the place that I have prepared.  

The place that I have prepared for you is a place of victory and 
overcoming and peace and joy and life.  I have come that you might have 
life and that it might be full and abundant.

Little one, trust Me to lead you through the valley and out the other 
side. Do not fix your gaze on the shadows in the valley.  Do not allow 
your mind to dwell on the trials or difficulties you may face there, for 
they are but passing things and they will not rule in your life.  I am 
your deliverer and I will surely fight with you and give you the victory 
in every battle you face.  Do not focus your attention on your foe. 
Instead, focus it on Me.  For I have already placed the seed of joy and 
hope in your heart, and it is also the seed of rejoicing and celebration.  
That seed is not watered by looking at the shadows in the valley -- it is 
watered by looking to Me and looking to the good things that I will 
accomplish in your life as I bring My glory into your situation.

Child, you do not have to wait until the victory is fully accomplished 
before you can begin to celebrate and rejoice.  For I am with you and 
I am your victory as well as your substance.  So do not wait until the 
journey through the valley is completed.  I walk with you in the 
journey. I am with you right now, right this very moment. So celebrate 
My presence and celebrate My nearness. Celebrate the glory that I have 
already promised into your situation.   

Rejoice! My plans for you are very good.  I will not allow a single good
thing that I have ordained for you to be withheld from you.  All that
I have ordained for you will come to you, no matter how long it may seem 
to tarry.  For I am with you, and I will never leave you.  I bring joy 
and I bring peace.  I have already won the victory and I have given that 
victory to you.  You shall overcome in Me and you shall abide in My 
presence and you shall behold My glory.  Shout for joy at that prospect -- 
celebrate and rejoice!