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

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                     Come Forth


Take off your grave clothes and come forth.  Come forth, I say, for the time 
of weeping and pain is over.  Take of the garments of sadness and walk with 
the garments of praise, for I have made a new day and I have declared it is 
called today.

Today when you call I will hear.  Today when you ask I will give.  Today 
when you knock you will find that the door is open and that I wait for you 
to come boldly before My throne.  This is not a time of weeping.  This is 
not a time to worry.  This is not a time for concern, for all things, yes, 
all things, are in My hands.  I take care of the small things and I take 
care of the big things.  What you see looming on the horizon will not affect 
you, no matter how large it may seem.  I am God who called light into 
darkness.  I am God who sends rain into drought.  I am God who sends bread 
to the hungry.  Is there anything too hard for Me when the earth and all it 
holds is in My hands?

Come boldly therefore and do not delay.  Come boldly from your hiding 
places, your places of grief, your palaces of pain and your places of tears. 
Come.  Come and stay under the shelter of My arms.  Come and find your 
peace within Me.  Come and be transformed and allow Me to clothe you in 
garments of praise.  Come and bring the weariness, the burdens, the doubts, 
bring it all, leave nothing behind, for My arms are not too small to carry 
it.  I carry you.  Through the deserts and over the mountains, I carry you.  
I place you in a safe and bountiful place.  Your peace is in Me.  Call My 
name.  Before any other word comes to your lips, call My name, for I am not 
so far and so distant that I do not see or hear.

Come forth and leave the rags behind for I have a plan for you and a 
purpose.  A plan for good and not harm.  A plan to heal and love.  A plan 
that is bathed in light.  Come and do not delay for I have much for you.