This word is submitted by Tiffany Surla [touchedbythemaster87@yahoo.com]

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                  My Beautiful Bride

There she is standing in the distance--My precious bride! Even in the
desert, she stands strong and beautiful! She is so beautiful! Look at
her arrayed in such beauty!

However, when she looks in a mirror, she doesn't see what I see. That is
why I am changing her heart--for "As a man thinks in his heart, so is he."
Therefore I am changing her heart:

        No more will she see through her pain.
        No more will she see through her fear.
        No more will she see through her impurities.

I give her a new heart. I am taking away the heart of stone and replacing
it with a heart of flesh. I have placed her on the wheel of change, and I
am molding and shaping her into My image. I am sending My holy fire to
burn up all that is made of wood, hay and stubble. I am sending My flood
to wash away the debris.

When she thinks she is dry and thirsty, I send her My refreshing rains.
When she hungers and thirsts, I fill her up--and from her belly will flow
rivers of living water. Many will partake of that which flows from her and
will begin to see with new eyes and changed hearts.

My Bride will arise in holiness and in full splendor. Oh, look at her
arrayed in My glory. I cherish My Bride, and she is a splendor to behold!