This word is submitted by Catherine L. Mareydt (d23@comcast.net)

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           Your Redeemer Lives!

I am your Redeemer!
None other has saved you from destruction.
None other has caused you to stand firmly.
None other has proclaimed strength to you.

I am your Redeemer!
I have sought you and brought you out.
I have prepared a way for you out of destruction.
I have set a course in your life that inflames your very being.

I am your Redeemer!
What you are seeing, 
what you are experiencing, 
what you are walking in,
these things will not consume you.

I am your Redeemer!
With purpose and love I have redeemed you.
With purpose and love I have kept you.
With purpose and love I have invested in you.
I am your Redeemer!

Behold, many shall fall, and many shall waver. 
Many shall weaken. 
Many shall die in vain.
Many shall expunge the old for the new. 
Many shall pervert truth in lies. 
Many shall deceive the many.  

But it shall not touch you, for your Redeemer lives!
I have set your heart and it shall not be moved.
I have prevailed in truth for you and it shall not be diminished,
for your Redeemer lives!

My counsel is with the redeemed and it is everlasting.
My confidence is with the redeemed and it is everlasting.
My covenant is with the redeemed and it is eternal.

I am your Redeemer and your Redeemer lives!