This word is submitted by Jane Larsen (jlarsen65@hotmail.com)

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                        Safe in the Ark

The Lord gave me a vision of an Ark.  It was being tossed in a storm, 
rocking backwards and forwards on large waves.  There were lights shining 
from the windows.  Then the Lord spoke these words:

"The storm is raging on the outside, it cannot enter here.  You are in My 
hold, you are safe in My arms.  I have moved you  into a place of safety 
while the storm rages.  Remember, it is outside, the storm rages outside.

Use this time to be with Me.  I have, for a time, taken you from the places 
that took your time.  There is no busyness here.  There is no noise here.  
Be still and hear, there is you and there is Me.  Talk with Me.  Lean on Me. 
Look to Me.  I am here, I wait, yet you continue to look at the storm.  It 
is raging outside.  You are safe in here with Me. The cares of the world 
cannot enter this place, unless you let them. I have set aside a time that 
is for you and Me.  For us to speak.  I have missed you, as the world and 
all her worries absorbed you. I have watched you, I have kept you in My 
sight, you are the apple of My eye.  Do not take on the burdens that are not 
for you to carry.  Do not run after the ways that are not My ways.  Do not 
fret.  Remember, even death has been conquered.  I am the one who sought you 
out.  I am the one who brought you to this place, this place, where you are 
safe from the storm.

Grow with Me as you wait.  Use this time.  Spend it with Me.  Look away from 
the storm.  It rages outside.  It is not here.  Here there is you and Me.  
Here you are safe."