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         When life doesn't go the way you expect, or the way you want, or the way that you had foreseen, then look to Me. I am an anchor that keeps you stable in the rough waters of this life. If you're not anchored to Me, then you drift, tossed to and fro.
         You're no longer a child, but you're of age, responsible to Me. So look to My hand and I will pour upon you the peace, contentment and love that you need and desire.
         You're beginning to understand that My way up is down! These things that you're experiencing humble you, but if you'll use them to draw closer to Me, if you'll let them humble you and break you and cause you to cry out to Me for My help, if you'll turn to Me in your time of trouble and in your time of need, if you'll seek the answers in My Word and seek to be strengthened in Me, you'll see all the good that will come from all this bad that you think you have caused.
         You see these things as failures, but I see them as stepping stones that bring you closer to Me. But let them break you, let them cause you to come to Me, lest they be in vain. Learn from these things, but above all, learn to come to Me and to find rest and peace and answers within My Word. You must connect with Me or you will not have the strength. The strength to stand, the strength to have conviction, the strength to undergo hardship comes from Me, through My Words.
         There's no other way! There's no person, place, or thing that can replace My Word in your life. Through My Word you will find Me in a new and even greater way. So in your times of testing, your times of turmoil, your times of questioning, seek Me in My Word. Let My Word dwell in you richly. Let it fill you. Let it answer your questions. Let it allay your doubts. Let it soothe your fears. Please let all of your experiences, all of the frustrations, all of the fears, all of the failures be washed clean in the reservoir of My cleansing, strengthening, refreshing Word!
         Come unto Me, ye who are weary and heavy laden, and I will give you rest; I will give you peace, I will give you understanding through My Word. Those Words that you are so familiar with will begin to speak to you afresh, for they will be new Words. They will be the voice of your Father speaking to you, leading you, guiding you and strengthening you. Do not neglect them, for they are food for your soul.
         It is there in the reservoir of My Word that you will find the answers you seek, the cleansing and the refreshing that you desire, the love that you search for, and the strength of spirit and character that you desire. For the reservoir of My Word is the reservoir of peace and contentment, of refreshing, of wisdom and of love, and it is all there for you.
         As you open your heart, your life and your mind to My love and to My Words, the cool, refreshing waters of My Words flow through you and cleanse you and fill you and inspire you and give you a reason for living! You will grow stronger, more valiant! You'll become mighty men of David, children of the light, pillars strong in Me!
         Let Me use you to be a sample to others. As you yield your tongue and your eyes and your heart and your body and your mind to Me, I will use you in a greater way than ever before to accomplish My will and My purpose. As you stay faithful to Me and to My Word, your peers will look upon you and say, "This one walks with God. This one loves our king and queen. This one follows closely."



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