This word is submitted by Teresa Seputis [ts@godspeak.net]

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                     My Hand Of Correction

Child of Mine, don't fret or dismay when I point out to you a weakness
or area of failure in your life. I do not do this to condemn you, but 
to improve you. My intent is not to punish you or to beat you up over 
it, but to bring it to the surface so that I might remove it from you.
I want to set you free from it.

You are loved, little one. And as any loving Father would, I sometimes 
bring My correction to those who I live. Know this-- when I bring 
correction into your life, it is never to condemn you; but to set you 
free from the things that you are in bondage to.

Do not pull away from Me when I expose the darkness in your life. Instead, 
present it to Me, then watch and see how I will lift it off of you and 
place My light and My victory into your hand. My desire for you is not to 
tear you down, but to build you up. So do not be afraid or dismayed when 
My hand of correction briefly rests upon you. It is there for your good--
and if you do not fight Me on this, My hand will quickly move you to a 
place of victory, joy and peace.