This word is submitted by Sue Whitney (happy7@tsn.cc)

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               Patience For My Timing

Can you hear Me, My child?  Can you hear Me calling your name? Listen!
Listen!  Can you hear the longings of My heart ringing out through the
heavens for you?

I have not forgotten you or mislaid My plans for your life.  There is no
need for you to rush around so frantically.  Don't you know that you are
not an embarrassment to Me?  What are you trying to make up for? Am I not
your sufficiency?

Be still in your heart and mind and know that I Am God.

You cannot get on the ship until it docks, yet at times you become so
frantic for fear of missing what I am doing that you miss Me in the
stillness and quiet of your soul. This is a time of calm - a time of
preparation of heart - a time of just knowing Me and walking with Me. I
am not in a panic. I am not a whirlwind.

My Church is in a twilight time--a time of semi-light, because it hasn't
reached full maturity yet. But do not despise its immaturity, for it is
at this time that it is being awakened into the new, and ushered into
that which is only just beginning to come into being.  Do not be impatient,
dear child, for it is only now the dawning of a new era where there will
be the awakening of many souls.

I will fill you and will make you ready for this new season, but each season
of the past had to take its place in turn, for the world you live in must
revolve completely and I do not cut corners to serve man's impatient heart.
There is a fullness of time and My plans will come to pass in this fullness
of time.

I am your covering like a blanket. I will not leave you unprotected and
vulnerable to the things which must come upon the earth. My arm will be
around you; My voice calling you hither and guiding you which way to go.

Come and shelter under My wings and know that your name is on My lips.  Hear
Me whisper your name tenderly. Come and rest in My arms and be still in My
love and tender care. I am the guardian of your soul. Feel My heartbeat for
you and My breath on your face. My voice is like that of calm seas and
summer breezes refreshing your soul.

The world does not need more busyness and knowledge - it needs to feel
My heart and then it will be healed and made whole. Lean against Me and
feel My heartbeat and only then will it become your heartbeat also, for it
cannot be taught, but only experienced. Then take this and hold others in
your arms so that they too will feel My heartbeat, and then they will know
that they too can run into My arms without fear. I am the only safe place--
the only place of peace and assurance. So be still My child and let your
heart be re-ignited to My love.