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.”

Do you think often of the day when there will be no more sickness, no more pain and no more suffering? I, too, long for that day when I can bring all My children home to My care.

A world of joy and peace where only love reigns. Your body will be strong and beautiful. People will laugh, and if they cry, they will only cry tears of happiness.

Loved ones who have gone before will be reunited. There will be no misunderstanding or separations without Satan and his discontent. Only love and joy will be known.

And I will get to walk with you in full vision. You will sit with me and I will tell you the stories of long ago. There will be many there, but it will seem like you and I are alone together.

No more pain, dear one. Hang on to that promise, for it is real, very real.

For I so loved the world that I gave My only begotten Son that whosoever should believe in Me should not perish but should come and live in Heaven forever with Me.

John 3:16, The Passion Translation:

“For here is the way God loved the world—He gave His only, unique Son as a gift. So now everyone who believes in Him will never perish but experience everlasting life.”

When you left your home to face the world, whether it was to go to work, or go grocery shopping, or to play a game of soccer, whatever it was, you left the safety of your quiet place. You could not see what was happening around you, but forces of evil were everywhere.  

Were you kind to those around you in the face of impatience or even rudeness? Did you smile at a downcast person, or encourage a friend or loved one? You were doing My work, dear one. And no matter what the devil put in front of you, you stood tall and strong for the principles of love.

So come now and let Me surround you with My peace. Some day I will ask you to lead in a stronger manner, but for now I am welcoming My warrior home to renew your strength so that you may rise up on the wings of an eagle.

Isaiah 40:29-31, New King James Version:

“He gives power to the weak, and to those who have no might He increases strength. Even the youths will faint and be weary, and the young men will utterly fall. But those who wait on the Lord will renew their strength; they will mount up with wings like eagles, they will run and not be weary, they will walk and not faint.”