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         My dear one, you are like a tree that is planted by the rivers of water, that brings forth its fruit in its season. Your leaf also shall not wither, and whatsoever you do will prosper. It is I Who have prospered you. It is I Who have watered you. It is I Who have grown you and strengthened you and blessed you to bring forth much good fruit. For as the tree that is planted by the waters does dwell in the water, so must you dwell in My sunlight and be nourished by the warmth of My love, by the streams of My Word, by the light of the day that I create.
         By the process of life that I have given, so have you grown in Me. You abide in Me, and you have brought forth precious fruit unto Me--your children, and the many souls which you have had a part in bringing into My Heavenly Kingdom.
         Through all your youth I was with you. I have prepared you and nurtured you as a young sapling from the time you were only a little seed. I have rooted and grounded you in My Word for My Family. I have chosen you from the very foundations of the Earth. It is with great love and tenderness that I bestowed upon you the health, the strength, and the growth needed.
         Hasn't it been worth it all? Haven't you grown into a strong, young new tree for Me, whose leaves stretch out to help and to heal and to minister to others?--One whose precious fruit is a sample and encouragement to many others, and even to your peers, who see that bringing forth children in My Kingdom is a mighty blessing from My hand?
         Do you not think that I will continue to prosper and bless your children, this fruit that you have borne unto Me? I will prosper them as I will prosper you, and I will give them the blessing of being raised in the nurture and admonition of My Word, as you have been.



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