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

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                 For Those Who Feel Like "Failures"

Child of mine, I have not disqualified you.  Over and over again you come 
to Me wondering if you have been passed by or passed over.  You fear that
you have done something that has displeased Me to the point that I will 
take away the purpose and destiny that I have given to you.  You experience 
a little failure here or there as I refine you, as I grow and mature you.  
Then you become hard on yourself and condemn yourself for that failure. 
And you assume that I am treating you the same way.

Do you really think I am that fickle?  Do you really think that I am that
untrustworthy?

Child I tell you that your doubts in your position in Me come because you
do not fully know My character.  In short, you do not trust Me.  You have 
been hurt or rejected or failed by man.  And you think that I will treat 
you the same way.  I am not a man that I should lie to you.  I am not a man 
that I should pull back My approval because you make a mistake.  I am not
a man that I should withdraw My love if you do not perform up to standards.

If your heart is truly after Me, then there is nothing that the blood
of Jesus cannot cover and wash clean in you.  You are received, not based
on your merit, but based on My love for you and based on what Jesus has 
already accomplished for you on Calvary and in His resurrection.  You
have already been made acceptable in the beloved.  You do not have to
earn My affection, for I have a great love and a great caring for you.
You know this in your head, but I am going to make it real to you in your
heart -- by causing you to experience My faithfulness to you over and over 
again.

Do not be afraid that I will disqualify you. I will refine you.  I will
correct you.  I will fine-tune you that you are better able to work with Me
to fulfill your destiny.  There are some things in you that I must change
in you.  There are some mindsets and thinking patterns that I must rework.  
There are some motivations and desires that I must transform.  I am actively 
at work in you, confirming you to the image of My son.

Do not mistake My refinement for disqualification.  I refined Joseph --
first in slavery and then in prison -- but I never disqualified him. 
Rather, worked through the circumstances in His life to change his 
character and motivations to better line up with mine. I was with Him
even in the midst of adversity and false accusations and of being 
misunderstood.  I caused My giftings and anointings upon him to be 
fine-tuned in that secret place.  And then I thrust him forth into his
place of destiny.  

And I will do the same with you, child of mine.  Trust me, for I am 
trustworthy.  I have not disqualified you.