Small Straws In A Soft Wind
by Marsha Burns
May 4, 2005: Job 5:7 "Yet man is born to trouble, as the sparks fly upward." Do not be surprised when you face difficulties; it is the way of life. Rather, take every opportunity to trust Me, says the Lord, for only in troubling circumstances will you know My mercy, favor and grace. Rely on Me to bring you through to victory. And, be careful not to deny the troubles that you face or blame others for wrecking your life. You alone make the choice to trust and believe or to deny and deceive. You must release yourself and others from the burden of blame and face life with the courage to trust Me in the midst of your storms. 2 Timothy 1:12 "For this reason I also suffer these things; nevertheless I am not ashamed, for I know whom I have believed and am persuaded that He is able to keep what I have committed to Him until that Day."
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A Happy Surprise
Meri Burlingame
May 4, 2005
as posted on FETB-C
Mary has always been a great encourager and hope this blesses and lifts you up! Meri
A Happy Surprise
Mary Clark
barnabessie@earthlink.net
April 28, 2005
In a vision, I saw a piece of stationery. There was a profile sketch of a smiling young girl. She had a mass of brown curls spilling in all directions on her head.
Here is what the Lord wants to tell us:
I am in the process of changing things, beloved.
I want you to look on these changes with wide-eyed wonder.
I want you to accept them with an open heart.
The world would have you following after the ways of the world, but it is My plan to free you of the world in every respect.
I want to deliver a message to you through My servant this day.
I want you to know that every word that I speak is spoken with tenderness and love. Look on these words with acceptance and know that My heart is full today – full of a yearning to draw you tenderly into My bosom.
Know that I accept words of repentance. I grab them and hold them close to My heart.
And know this first and foremost: I am leading you into a new hour with Me -- an hour of great tenderness.
It is My desire to see you rise above your circumstances.
It is My desire to see you blessed soundly. It is My desire to give you an ornament – an ornament that the world will look on in disgust, but you, My beloved, will wear proudly, because you will know that My hand delivered it.
Just as the young girl has been given the gift of a mass of curls on her head, you will be given something wonderfully unusual – something that will catch every eye – something that can only be described as lush and most pronounced.
I am calling you into a new time of cleansing. I am making some changes to which many of you will happily respond, but just as many will drag their heels not wanting to advance into this place.
I am telling you this now – today – because something is about to surface in your lives of which you have known nothing. Let us call it a surprise. Let us call it a happy surprise.
But know this, beloved: This happy surprise will establish you in this new place in Me. It will surprise and delight, but it will not delight the world.
This happy surprise that is coming to My beloved will confound the world in such a way that anger will rise.
This anger will be directed at you.
This anger will cause a sadness to come over your heart, if you don't maintain your focus on Me.
So I am telling you this day that I am doing a work in hearts.
I am about to present something wonderful to those who are following hard after My heart, and you will suffer persecution from the world – a persecution that you have never known.
But I will be with you.
I will sustain you, and you, My beloved, will maintain happiness beyond words – beyond all of your comprehension!!!
These are My words of truth this day.
Receive them with an attitude to move forward in Me, come what may, and know that you have been singled out for such a time as this to walk in My truth – be established in My truth, and know the fullness of joy which My truth brings to one who is sold out – sold out for their Jesus!!!
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Meri Burlingame
Onalaska, WA 98570
renewedhope@tds.net