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         You feel that you are weakening, that your ministries are wasting away, that your talents are useless and that there is no place for you in the Kingdom. You feel that your only calling is to be tested and purged, to battle again and again and again. It seems to you that the battles are without end. You wonder if this is all that there is to your life of serving Me. You wonder why it is that you must be so tested and tried and purged, time and time again. So many questions!
         It is because I am creating you to be a special tool in My hand. It is as if I am chipping away at a precious stone, like those who tool the stones for royalty. They are tooled so delicately, so carefully. Much time and energy is placed into tooling these special jewels for royalty. Much care and much counseling, much study and much precision is put into the tooling of these jewels, because they will be placed in the crown. Many will look upon these jewels and marvel, for the light will be reflected so beautifully and so magnificently. So even though a lot of time is spent in the hand of the Master Jeweler, in the end it is worthwhile, because the jewel reflects the light so brilliantly and so clearly.
         You, My dear child, My precious one, are this jewel in My hand, the jewel that I am tooling and fashioning, chipping away the rough edges and polishing every facet. I am fashioning you as a jewel for royalty, precious and valuable in My sight--brilliant and gorgeous as it sparkles and reflects My light and My love!
         Yes, it is a long, hard road, and you must endure the tapping here and the tapping there of the Jeweler's knives. It is painful. You feel the loss, and you feel that your life is useless, that this chiseling and tooling will go on forever, that there will be no end to it. But fear not, My precious one, for I have you in My hands; I hold you in My arms. This tooling and this chiseling is straight from My hand. It is My plan to create of you My special precision tool, rare in quality, beautiful and magnificent.



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