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         Responsibility must be accepted--it is never forced. Even in such grave matters as parents for My children, I will not force My will on anyone. Love is the key to responsibility, to maturity, to a life of value and service and care and helping in ministering My Spirit to others. But these are major decisions that require much love, understanding, counseling and time, in many cases--time to develop love relationships, bonds of affection, bonds of love, bonds of caring through seeing the need.
         The heart must be open and receptive and have no will of its own. It must move according to My leading and the way I wish for it to go--not according to its own desires, its own will, its own understanding, or even its own needs. So you must look to Me in these important matters. You must desperately seek Me and My heart and My way. For My ways are above your ways, My thoughts above your thoughts, and only I see the road that I have planned for you. You must pray and find My will, for that is the road to true happiness, true fulfillment, true satisfaction, and true purpose and meaning to your life.
         So do not take these matters lightly. When I make a new child, I make a time of decision in the lives of those involved. They must desperately seek Me, for these decisions will affect their lives greatly and their walk with Me and their service to others. This is a time to be sober and to draw close to Me and find My will for you. (ML #2961)



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