This word is submitted by Wendy Graham [wendy4c@primus.ca]

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                        Your Wilderness

Child, I hear your groaning from your deepest parts. I hear your cries 
that echo throughout your wilderness. Your desperation comes out of 
your longing to come back into alignment with Me. What feels like pain 
to you is really your love for Me. See child, I see your heart and I 
know that it is good. You care so deeply for Me and this is the pain 
that you are feeling when you have been in absence from My presence. 
When you wander away from Me it creates a separation in your soul. This 
you don't bear up under well but it is the very thing that pleases Me 
about you. I see that My truth has made its way into your heart and it 
shines forth in you. Child, I am well pleased because I know how you 
love Me, and I love you.

Beloved, My loving kindness is always waiting for you. My arms are 
always outstretched to you just waiting for you to return to Me. I have 
seen your deep despair as you walk in your bondage with your eyes cast 
down. As you go, you go with the hope that I will Meet you and remove 
you from your wilderness. I see that you desire to place your hope and 
trust in Me as you wait for Me with expectation.

Child, I will never forsake you in this place. I do have a purpose 
here in it for you. Like the children of Israel, they too, had their 
wilderness wanderings. There are things that I want you to learn here 
as I did for them. You will learn them through an impartation of My 
Spirit when you reach out to Me. You will begin to see and hear Me 
clearly now as you could not do before. While you are here, I will 
bring favor on you as I enlighten you. I will reverse your pain and 
bring something good from it that will propel you forward into your 
promise. 

It is a pathway of preparation that will ultimately lead to your 
promise land, but you must first pass through this season. It is often 
paved with pain because you are not able to see clearly right now, but 
I will show you the way as you step out. As you go, you will suddenly 
"see Me" step out and extend My hand to you. As you take it, I will guide 
you in this desert place and you will know upon My gaze that My favor 
rests upon you. Your hope and trust has not been misplaced and I will 
lead you out as you learn to depend only on Me. You will learn 
dependency here.

Do not fret dear one. You will not only enter My promise land but you 
will come in deeper intimacy and at a much higher spiritual awareness 
of Me than you have known in the past. This is a place of where I 
intend to bless you and you can come to it by no other way than through 
My humility.  Humility is key into My heart and divine purpose.

Yes dear one, I am about to take you deeper and higher into the rhythm 
of My heart beat. As you become one with Me, you will see that My 
perfect work will come into completion. You will taste and see that I 
am truly good.

Child, it is written, ..."he who began a good work in you will carry it 
on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus." (Phil 1:6) 

.."And this is my prayer: that your love may abound more and more in
knowledge and depth of insight, so that you may be able to discern 
what is best and may be pure and blameless until the day of Christ, 
filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus 
Christ-to the glory and praise of God." (Phil 1:9)

My word will not return void. You will pass through this place and 
move into all that I have promised.