Journals of the Heart

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I know the plans I have for you. They are for good and not evil…to give you a hope and a future. Rest in this assurance. Although sometimes what we experience doesn’t seem so hopeful; it really is. Why? Because hope is not based on the situation. Hope is based on who I am…the Great I AM.

Yes, now is the time to come and join with Me in the waltz of purpose, destiny and a deeper relationship than you have ever imagined. You may step on My feet, miss a count or two; however, this is no deterrent to Me

Beloved, today is your day of determination…today is your day to call yourself a friend of God. “Friend, “You say? I know it may sound cliché for you have heard many say it and many songs sung about it, but do you believe you are MY friend? Do you believe I am your friend…a friend that loves at all times regardless even in adversity of life and heart (Proverbs 17:17)? Do you believe I am really, really your friend? (Selah, think and mediate on this).

Problems will appear so much less…so much less threatening and intimidating when you see them from My perspective. When you come up and see as I see, you will understand why the Psalms say I laugh at My enemies…that I laugh at the wicked (Psalms 37:13). They are so small compared to Me and so are your enemies regardless of what or who they may be.

Know this, to behold you is to approve of you…to love you regardless…to cause My love to come to you in such a way that you are transformed right before your very own eyes. Beloved, My eyes are indeed on you and My presence is ever near to scan the deep places of your heart and look intently on you with great pleasure (Psalms 33:13).

There will soon come a time—a day in which I lift your head, lift your eyes to see—that you might observe the good repercussions of our union within the enclosed garden of My being. And behold, all things will have been made new while you were lost in Me. You will be amazed that you have doing yet there was no realization of doing for there was no struggle, no strife. (rewrite sentence. Unclear) You will find to your great delight that your focus changed when you dared to cross the line of choice, when you dared to heed the Voice of Promise. The heavy yoke having disappeared while beholding Me will no longer have power to weigh you down. You can carry out vision and purpose in a relaxed state while reclining at My table.

My precious child, at times you have allowed the enemy to sow seeds (weeds) of pain and lies in your garden. Because of the lies, you have built fences around these weeds as if they were cherished. This should not be so! Clinging to weeds brings death! If you let Me, I will pull down those fences and pull up all the weeds based on lies, deceptions, hurt and wrong mindsets. After all, I am the Master Gardner and am well able to pull up the weeds root and all, leaving nothing to spring up again.

You are My favorite one whom I call a king and priest (Revelation 1:6; Revelation 5:10). Since when have you ever seen a king or priest riding in the bottom holds of a ship unless they are held captive. Don’t ever think you are a captive. You are an overcomer…one who overcomes evil

I could speak to you in such romantic terms all the daylong but I know you wonder how this works out in the practical. You think, “How can I learn to do such a thing? After all I have been doing things another way for so long. How do I shift? How do I dance in the midst of life immersed in grace…infused by grace?”

Beloved, there are more acts to come, so don’t leave the play by walking in doubt and unbelief regardless of what scene is taking place in front of you. Leave the past behind where it belongs, and, don’t leave the play before the curtain opens on the next scene (Philippians 3:11-14).