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

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                               Faith

You ask for change.  I ask for faith.  You seek change.  I seek faith.  You
wait for change.  I wait for faith.  You are not a puppet that I pull.  You
have been given freedom to choose -- freedom to stand -- freedom to move.
So, move.

Faith is alive: Faith does, faith moves, faith is active.  You walk forward 
in faith and I will make the changes.  I will re-arrange your circumstances, 
I will cause changes to occur, but first you must move in faith.  Take one 
step.  My arms are outstretched to catch you if you fall, but you will not 
know if you do not move.  You will not grow in faith if you do not use it, 
if you do not step out.

Let us reason together.  If a child does not walk but waits upon his parents
to carry him here and there, will he not grow to be an adult carried by the
old, never knowing the strength of his legs?  Will he not be carried where
he may not want to go?  Will the parent not desire the child to take the
steps that lead to strength, to freedom, and then maturity?  So, I desire
that you take the step that leads to growth and freedom and maturity in me.
The more you move in faith, the stronger you will become.  I tell you the
way.  You walk in it.

There is a time to stand. Stand in faith.  There is a time to move. Move in 
faith. Step by step each step in faith.  Now I call you to walk, in faith.  
You wait for me, yet I am waiting for you.  I have the way planned.  I have 
prepared the place.  Walk to it.