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         I understand your hurt and anguish of spirit, the brokenness, the desperation, the frustration that you now feel inside. You feel powerless to go on. You have no desire to work, to live, to love. You feel you want to close your heart to Me and to others, and you fear the future; you fear the battles, you fear the hurt and pain of forsaking. You have already gone through so much pain, so much forsaking, and you fear that it might happen yet again and be even worse.
         Oh, My child, please open your heart to Me and let Me love you. I do not condemn you and I do not reject you for your feelings of anger, even against Me. I know what it is like to be hurt, to be rejected, and to lose the love of one who means all the world to you. I know that this brings great despair. Yet do not let this despair separate you from Me.
         Though you have fought and resisted this forsaking, and through it you have been so sorely tried, yet I say unto you that I honor your faith, your yieldedness and your sacrifice. For you did not choose to sacrifice this relationship. Yet when these things came to pass, you accepted them, and you chose to continue to serve Me regardless. Though you battled in your heart and spirit, yet you kept going forward, you remained loyal and faithful, and I count this an honor to you. I honor you for your faith.
         Though you feel faithless, I know your heart and the depth of your love for Me, and I know that you will do anything for Me. I have proven this, and you have proven this. I have great things in store for you. For the gift of a broken heart and a humble and yielded spirit is a great thing in My sight, a great talent, a jewel of inestimable value, an invaluable treasure of My Spirit, given only to those who endure much suffering, much trying. I give you this gift that through it you may pour forth My love unto others, from your broken, yea, shattered, vessel.



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