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         (Dad:) You may feel like you're all alone and you're the only one that has the trials that you have, that you're a failure, that you're no good and that nobody loves you. I felt like that many a time when I was growing up. The Enemy really tried to use that one on me because he knew what I was going to be. The Enemy used feelings a lot on me--trying to make me feel discouraged, inferior, and like I was of no use. He tried to make me feel I was no good almost till the day I died. It's the Enemy's favorite trick!
         Techi too. When she was younger, she felt discouraged that she couldn't draw. She feels that she can't do this well and she can't do that well. She feels like she's such a mess and a problem and a burden for others. But that's not true! It wasn't true for me, and it's not true for you, either! Look what the Lord did for me! Look how He used me!
         I didn't think I was good at anything. The thing is, it was good for me to feel that way, because it made me desperate, and it made me seek the Lord's highest will. Otherwise I would've gotten really proud and lifted up, and then I would've been a failure and a disappointment--a real failure! But the Lord never let that happen, because He loved me. So that's how you can know He loves you too--by how He keeps you desperate and broken and crying out to Him.
         He's loving you. He's making you into a beautiful jewel, a beautiful handmaiden, a beautiful bride for Him. He's fashioning you with His Own hand and making you a special instrument, because He has a special plan and purpose that's just for you and no one else.



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