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         If you would have the darkness flee that surrounds these little ones who are struggling, who are buffeted, hold on to them for dear life. Reach out to them in love. Love them through prayer. Hold on to them, fight for them, intercede for them, stand strong for them. Be a friend. Be not as one who shows where it's not at, but be as one to leads the way to where it is at.
         Each morning when you rise, when the day is new and fresh, do as I do for you. Renew your mercy to these, as I renew My mercy to you every day. Start with a blank slate. Forget about the time they fell yesterday, and hope for progress and new steps today.
         Do not measure them through the eyes of your own standards, your own ideas, your own goals for them, but see them through the glasses of faith, of hope, and of Romans 8:28. Know that as you do your part, as you obey and extend My love, I will do all that you cannot do and I will work the work in their hearts.
         Reach them through prayer and show them you care. Love them today. Quit trying so hard to fit them into a mold; only lead the way by your own loving sample. When it's hardest to love them, that is the time to reach out.
         Give them My unconditional love at every opportunity you have throughout the day--through a touch, a smile, a hug, a positive uplifting word, a silent prayer. Cover them with the warm sunshine of My unconditional love and trust Me to bring about the miracle of new life in them.



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