This word is submitted by Tammie Gelis (needgrace2@hotmail.com)

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                      Bruised Reed


The Lord spoke something to me as the wind started blowing very strongly 
through my windows and shaking the blinds that were in front of it.  He 
told me that there has been a very strong wind blowing and it was not the 
wind of His Holy Spirit. But that this wind was making much noise and 
raising up fear in many. This wind was causing the bruised reeds that I saw 
to push into each other and rub each other and cause the other reeds to even 
bend further over and be further bruised. 

I heard the Lord say so is My church doing to each other. Bruising each other. 
Allowing the winds of offense to come blowing in and make so much noise. 
Those taking up offense, those trying to defend themselves from the ones 
feeling offended.  Great is the noise and the damage of offense in your 
lives and in the lives that you touch with this offense so strongly upon 
you. How loud the offense vibrates in your being and slowly but surely 
destroys you. It brings you to anger and bitterness and unforgiveness, to
the point that you cannot hardly love or care for another. 

One bruised reed bruises other reeds. 

I keep hearing the Father say it is within your power to stop this wind from 
blowing and bruising any further. You can get up, rise up and close the 
windows through which they come in. What windows do you have open today? How 
easily are we moved by this wind of offense? How much have we allowed to be 
destroyed in our lives because of this? How many relationships/friendships 
have we let just slip away because of offense? How many of those that we 
hold dear do we offend back when we get offended and start the wind blowing 
stronger to destroy even more reeds?

"There are many many many bruised reeds in My body just being blown every 
which direction. Who will stop that wind? who will stop the offense? Who 
will cut it down? Who will go and minister to the bruised and see healing 
come and not just let them fall to the ground and die? Who will love them? 
Who will restore them? Who will reach out their hands and be My hands to 
them? Who will die so another can live? My people rise up and do something 
about this wind of offense before it destroys and brings to ruin too much in 
your lives and those around you. Put a stop to it in your own lives. Do not 
take on the offense...choose rather to forgive. 

"Forgive and you will experience life. Take on the offense and see death 
creep into your bones.  Come to Me, give these offenses to Me so I may heal, 
I may restore. Then turn and restore your brothers and sisters. Let 
restoration and love be your heart and goal, it is certainly My goal."