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

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                          The Pruning

You are safe from the ways of the world as My pruning is taking place.  
See, I have hemmed you in, to the front and the side, and you are safe 
with Me.  A great work is being done, a cutting back and a cutting away.  
The old ways will be removed, all that is not needed for your walk with 
Me will be thrown aside, and room will be made for new growth.  See, My 
hands are gentle and My touch is light.  I stand by your side as the old 
is removed, and I cover the scars with love and patience until they are 
no more.

The walls will come down.  When you stand renewed and complete, the walls 
will come tumbling down and you will walk forward in strength and might 
and power.  I will lead you through the fields, I will guide your steps 
over the mountains, and I will light your way along the path you will 
walk.  I will be your guiding light and My truth shall follow you, cover 
you, as you walk the righteous walk, free from all that held you back, 
from all that choked you, from all that tried to destroy you.

For now you are in a quiet place and a work is being done, a slow and a 
thorough work as I prepare you for your walk.  There is nothing that will 
be pruned that you will miss, nothing that you will want, for I am 
restoring and replacing and filling you with the Gifts of My Spirit, with 
love and patience and understanding, with wisdom that you will share and 
carry with you.  I take away the weight and the burdens with My loving 
hands and ease away your pains.  A new day is dawning and it is the day 
that you will walk forward unencumbered.