The feeling you had the other day of Me holding you was real, dear one. It was something I have been wanting to share with you for a long time. 

Someday you will be in that embrace. You will see Me. You will feel My arms around you. You will know the absolute security in Me.

But for now, close your eyes and envision it. Know, dear one, know, that I am with you. Lay your head on My shoulder and let Me fill you with My love and strength and power: the power of the Holy Spirit that will be in you to guide and direct your ways and your words.

When you come away from our time together you will be able to face whatever is before you today.  One day at a time. One step at a time.

Close your eyes, dear one and come to rest at My side. My loving arms await.

Ephesians 3:14-19, New King James Version:

“For this reason I bow my knees to the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, from whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named, that He would grant you, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with might through His Spirit in the inner man, that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; that you, being rooted and grounded in love, may be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the width and length and depth and height— to know the love of Christ which passes knowledge; that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.”

You are My chosen child, so precious in My sight. I have gone to Heaven to prepare a place for you to come and be with Me forever, but now you are feeling alone, dear one. You are not now, or ever, alone. I am always with you.

Are you afraid? Do not be afraid of anything. Everything you are facing I knew about before time began, and I have armed you with the strength and ability to not only face it, but to conquer it beautifully.

I have trained you for this moment, for this adventure. You are well armed with Me and a host of angels at your side. 

Try to envision us walking with you everywhere you go. Only, don’t worry about holding the door open for us. We don’t face those challenges!

Be assured that the child of the King will never walk in alone! You are a conqueror because you chose Me, and because you choose Me everyday!

Psalms 27:1, New King James Version:

“The Lord is my light and my salvation; Whom shall I fear? The Lord is the strength of my life; Of whom shall I be afraid?”

Are you in great despair, beloved one? Do you feel like there is no answer for what you are going through? That there is no way out……no future?

Oh, My love, there is. I created you, and when I did,  I made a plan for your life. There is no need to despair. These feelings you have are temporary. This, too, will pass. You must believe that.  

You will rise again with joy in the morning.

Never give up. I will guide you through this. Your pain seems unbearable at times. Reach out your hand and let Me take it in Mine. Mine is warm and loving. There is no pain that together we cannot overcome, no horror in your past that we cannot pass through. Take one step at a time towards the light I have prepared for you here.

You may never know true love and acceptance on this earth, but you know Me and I know you.  There is no greater love on earth than what I have for you. I gave My Son to die for you. No greater love can ever be shown.

What you can’t see, I ask you to feel. Feel the comfort of My presence and My continual guidance in your life. Let Me hold you in My arms until your pain stops.  

Never give up fighting for the breakthrough of joy. Never give up on Me,  for I WILL NEVER GIVE UP ON YOU, and on trying to show you My love.

Hebrews 12:1-2, New King James Version:

“Therefore we also, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which so easily ensnares us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith, who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.”

Do you hear the songs of angels? They are all around you, ministering spirits sent to care for My beloved ones.

There is a whole world just outside your senses. Evil is being played out against good.  

The world you see is filled with pain and suffering. What you can’t see are the angels helping those who cry out, who are in tears themselves at the horrors they see.

The devil is running amok, desperately trying to get as many people as he can to join his side before his rule here ends. You see his anger and frustration played out as thousands are lost in disasters. What you can’t see are My ministering angels covering those people with love as their souls are put to rest.

And yet there is so much joy around, too: the joy of a newborn coming into the world,  joy of a newfound love, of a recovered illness and many, many more joys so numerous to mention it would take a book.

It is easy to see what is of Me and what is of the evil one. Stay close, dear one. Don’t ever let him get between us. Stay in My protection and care. Just know the angels are all around you singing songs of praise to Me.

Psalms 91:11, New King James Version:

“For He shall give His angels charge over you, to keep you in all your ways.”

Today is the beginning of a new day, the start of a life of joy in your heart. You have always had joy, but this is a new joy. The joy of knowing Me in a very real and personal way.

The closer you get to Me the more your life will make sense. The more time you spend with Me, the more you will want to because I will unfold before you the beauty of My presence. I will open the door of wondering into a new horizon of love and trust, a bright sunshine far better than the gloom you have been in.

Come and walk there with Me now. Let Me lead you to the light of My countenance. Let people around you see Who your God is! Wear Me like a shield of love.

Yes, I am here with you, beloved one. Come and experience the joy of truly knowing Me.

Psalms 16:11, New King James Version:

“You will show me the path of life; in Your presence is fullness of joy; at Your right hand are pleasures forevermore.”

Come to Me this morning, My love. Come into My presence and let Me enter your heart.  Let Me show you things that you have not seen before, things which will gladden your soul.

I was with you before you were born. I saw you in your mother’s womb. I wove you together with My fingers and when you were born, I rejoiced at the tiny wisps of your hair, the shape of your body, your fingers and toes. And I was pleased.

You have been through so much in your life, yet I have always been with you. Just as I formed your body in love, I stood beside you in your pain and fear. I have also stood beside you in times of happiness. How My heart quickened at the joy you felt, and how heavy it was when you were in pain!

You didn’t know that there were times that I picked you up and carried you Myself, and when you awoke, you didn’t know that I was right beside you….always.

To understand that kind of love more completely, open the Bible and read about how I gave My Son to die for you, so that one day we may see each other face to face and you will know, you will see, and you will feel My arms around you.

You can’t comprehend that kind of love yet on this earth, but close your eyes and listen to My Spirit, and sense it……..for I have put it in your soul.  

Psalms 139:15-16, New King James Version:

“My frame was not hidden from You, when I was made in secret, and skillfully wrought in the lowest parts of the earth. Your eyes saw my substance, being yet unformed. And in Your book they all were written, the days fashioned for me, when as yet there were none of them.”

It is a hungry world out there, beloved, a hungry world that cannot be satisfied with the things on this earth; a people who long for happiness and love but who cannot find it.

Some are openly unhappy and others seem like they have the perfect life, but without Me they are empty and scared inside with the reality of their existence getting louder and more visible every day.

You have the answer, dear one. You hold in your hand the key to true happiness, here, now and forevermore.  

Are you going to keep that secret just between us, or are you going to let it out?

Like a beautiful butterfly hatching from it’s cocoon, the whole world will take on new meaning as you share the glorious news with those I have carefully positioned around you.

Let them see the new day, too, My beloved child. Only in Me is there true happiness and everlasting life.

Romans 10:14-15, New King James Version:

“How then shall they call on Him in whom they have not believed? And how shall they believe in Him of whom they have not heard? And how shall they hear without a preacher? And how shall they preach unless they are sent? As it is written: “How beautiful are the feet of those who preach the gospel of peace, Who bring glad tidings of good things!””

Let not your heart be troubled. You believe in Me. You believe in My Son. You believe in the Holy Spirit.  

In Heaven there is a  mansion which I have prepared for you. Do you have a mansion here, or is it a simple home? It makes no difference, for I have already prepared a lovely home just for you.

A home where you can freely come and go. One where you can invite guests over to share stories of love and praise. A home where health and happiness reigns. A home you will leave in the morning to do the work I have prepared for you to do, work which you love because it involves all the talents and desires I have given you. When you return in the evening, you will feel lighthearted and happy.

Six days you will work and on the seventh you will join all of heaven as we gather together and rejoice finally that sin, pain, evil and sorrow is gone forever and ever and only joy and peace and love remain.

Your voices will rise in joyous union praising Me. How blest that day will be! All My beloved ones will be together at last!!

I can hardly wait, dear one! Live life as if this day is just around the corner. Live life preparing for your big house on the hill: the house of love, laughter and praise that I have built for you already.

That where I am, there you may be also!

John 14:1-3, New King James Version:

“Let not your heart be troubled; you believe in God, believe also in Me. In My Father’s house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself; that where I am, there you may be also.”

Oh the joy of a new day! There is so much that I want you to cherish and enjoy!  

First, take out the trash. By trash, I mean the garbage inside your mind. Clear all your problems, hang-ups, unforgiveness and insecurities out of your mind. Lay them at My feet. I will toss them out for you, and don’t try to grab them and hold onto them as they pass you by!

You don’t have the strength on your own to do this “house cleaning”. Only I can do it for you.

Now you are a clean slate for Me to mold and grow to be the person I created you to be.  

Open your Bible and read the Psalms. See where David learned of Me and praised Me. He  was FAR from perfect yet he always took time out to praise and worship Me. We were close and I was able to rule a nation through him. 

What are My plans to do with this new, cleaned-up you? Just wait and see. Trust Me. I have much in store for you this day!

Psalms 5:7-8, New King James Version:

“But as for me, I will come into Your house in the multitude of Your mercy; In fear of You I will worship toward Your holy temple. Lead me, O Lord, in Your righteousness because of my enemies; Make Your way straight before my face.”

Are you My soldier?  Do you feel like you are alone in a coliseum with a maddening crowd jeering at you, taunting you?

If you could only see the throngs of angels that would surround you if you bent your knee and asked Me for cover. My child is never alone.

I know you feel that way often. Fight back. Don’t let it overcome you. Reach out for My presence.  Spend time in prayer with Me, talking to Me. Tell Me your fears, your problems. Bring Me your pain and your loneliness.

I will surround you with love and a feeling of warmth. My child will never stand alone in a coliseum or anywhere on earth. The battle was WON at the cross so that you and I may be one as Jesus and I are one.

Rise up with joy and courage. Face this day and all it’s challenges with My promise of My continued presence in you and with you, now and forever.

Psalms 16:8, New King James Version:

“I have set the Lord always before me; Because He is at my right hand I shall not be moved.”