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Date: Jul 1, 2004

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

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                           Old Shoes

A few days ago I had a vision.  In the vision were an old pair of worn
shoes, like mountain climbing shoes/boots and they were tattered and faded.
They were next to a new shoe box.  I knew there were a pair of new shoes 
in the box but the box was smaller than the old shoes next to them, so I
wondered if the new shoes were for the same person as the old boots 
belonged to.  As I pondered on this over the days, the Lord then laid this 
in me:

I have told you that there is a time of change, and the time of change is
upon you.  See, you have had a weary walk.  You have climbed mountains of
stone, you have trudged through valleys and you have wondered over the
plains.  All this time you have walked, you have trudged, you have marched,
and you have waited, knowing there was a new time to come, and it is come.

See, I have prepared a new way for you.  You have been tested and walked
through the fire, you have been refined and purified, you shine as gold and
now I will lead you.  Away from the mountains of stone and the valleys and
plains that were a time of testing, a time of solitude, and into the new
season.  You will walk afresh and take what you have learned with you.  You
will comfort, you will heal, you will love, you will teach, in My name.  In
the mighty name of the Lord you will do these things because now you are
ready and now you are strong and now you are refined.

How sweet are your prayers that are lifted up to me in the silence of the
dawn and the darkness of the night.  How sweet your words, even when tried,
even when tempted, that it was to me you called for deliverance, for
strength to walk the way and walk it right.  I smiled upon you, I love you,
and I am setting you in a new place, a place of running brooks and soft
earth, a place of sunshine, a place where you will hear My voice and help
many.

Cast off your old shoes, for you will not continue in that way.  Now is a
new season and a new time.  A beginning.  Walk.  Continue to walk with Me.
I will lead you.  Turn not to the left, turn not to the right but walk
straight, it is My voice telling you the way.