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

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          A Word For Those Who Have Been In A Dark And Hard Place


Talk to Me.  Talk to Me.  Do not be silent.  You are safe and there is
nothing you need to hold back from Me.  Though you felt that you have been
trapped in the bowels of the Earth, I was with you.  It was Me who you 
leaned on.  My light will burn.  My light chases away the deepest darkness.  
My light exposes the most hidden and reveals it into truth.  Do not fret.  
Beside you is where I am.  Talk to Me.  Talk to Me from the dark places 
you may go through, from the windy places, from the caves you have run to, 
from the valleys you wander in.  Wherever you are, I am there, and I ask 
you to talk to Me.

See!  You will emerge victorious!  You will emerge with no marks upon you.
You will emerge in victory with praise and thanksgiving ringing from your
lips!  Great is that day that is upon you when you emerge as new from the
refiner's fire.  See.  The light is all around you.  Do not look at the
darkness but look towards the light and hold on to the truth that is sewn
within you.  Rejoice.  This is the turning point.  I am the rock of your
salvation.  Nothing can move Me.  Nothing can separate us.  Nothing.  No
one.  It is not possible to be torn away from Me because I love you and I
delight in you.

My light is within you.