This word is submitted by Elvi Glass [RundUmDieUhr@hotmail.com]

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                          Relationships

Precious one, you may have wondered why I have brought people into 
your life that are difficult to relate with. Please know that everything 
I do is with purpose, and I do not waste any of My precious time. This 
is also the case regarding the matter of relationships. I bring certain 
people across your path to bring out the things in you that are still 
offensive to Me so I can then, in partnership with you, remove those
offensive things once and for all.

Also remember that I love and care for the other person as well and 
wish to see My deliverance brought about in both of you. Does not My 
word say that just as iron sharpens iron, a person sharpens the 
character of his friend?*

In doing this, I am answering your prayers regarding the removal of 
all things that prevent My life from flowing through you. One way I 
do this is through relationships, because it is in those places that 
most often offense has gained a stronghold in My people.

However, as you yield to Me even in your interaction with others, I 
will surely give you wisdom and direction in how to handle every 
situation that comes along. Be prepared for Me to point to various 
things in your life I want to bring adjustment to and be ready to
yield to My refining process willingly. I do not wish for you to 
carry the pain and wounds of past relationships. Yield those pains 
and wounds to me now so that I can then bring My healing into those 
places and cause a new level of freedom and liberty that also frees 
you to enjoy relationships without having to reference back to past 
failures and experiences.

I am looking for servants that can minister to the hurting and downcast 
in love and patience without prejudice. This can't happen unless you 
are delivered from your own prejudices and false expectations of how 
a person needs to respond or not respond to you. As you allow Me to set 
you free from the anxieties of being in relationship with others, you 
will discover the beauty and preciousness of relationships I brought 
together, some only for a season, others permanently. 


*Prov 27:17