Take MY Hand Instead!
Beloved. Step back and let go of that bad report. You are grasping at straws, My Child.
Take My Hand instead. Come away with your Bridegroom for a time of refreshing. Enter the Gate called Beautiful.
There is only one Beautiful Gate, Dear One. I AM this Door. You are My beloved. I have set before you an open door, which no one is able to shut.
You have not denied My Holy and Righteous One. And by the name of JESUS and by faith in this Name, you shall be made strong.
Times of refreshing come from the Presence of your Lord. Come enter the Gate to My Garden of delights.
Lay down in the green lushness of My Peace. Drink with joy from the wells of your salvation once again.
Though the world does not know Me, you know Me, My Love. You know Me and I shall impart to you wisdom and understanding.
All of My Treasures are yours. It is for you to understand the Mysteries of My Kingdom. Arise, My Love. No longer lay at My Gate in your misery and defeat.
I have rescued your life from this pit of destruction. Look at Me, My beautiful one. In My name, you shall rise up and walk once again.
Look into My Eyes of Love. My Love shall not fail you. I suffered in a garden, so that you could be renewed in My Garden of delights.
Come into My Garden and eat of My pleasant fruits. Drink your fill of the abundance of My House. No good thing will I withhold from those whom I love.
Arise My Love and come away. You are My Beloved and I AM yours. Take My Hand and come away. Not by might, not by power, but by My Spirit.
Be prepared to be filled with wonder and amazement. Behold, I AM making all things new.
Grasping at straws: 1. Trying to find some way to succeed when nothing you choose is likely to work. 2. Trying to find reasons to feel hopeful about a bad situation.
“I know your works. Behold, I have set before you an open door, which no one is able to shut. I know that you have but little strength, and yet you have kept my word and have not denied my name,” Revelation 3:8.
“Awake, O north wind; and come, thou south; blow upon my garden, that the spices thereof may flow out. Let my Beloved come into His garden, and eat His pleasant fruits,” Song of Solomon 4:16.
“How precious is Your lovingkindness, O God! And the children of men take refuge in the shadow of Your wings. They drink their fill of the abundance of Your house; and You give them to drink of the river of Your delights. For with You is the fountain of life; in Your light we see light,” Psalm 36:7-9.
“And all the people saw him walking and praising God, and recognized him as the one who sat at the Beautiful Gate of the temple, asking for alms. And they were filled with wonder and amazement at what had happened to him,” Acts 3:9-10.
“And His name — by FAITH in His Name — has made this man strong whom you see and know, and the faith that is through Jesus has given the man this perfect health in the presence of you all,” Acts 3:16.
~ Deborah Waldron Fry
Oh thank you dear Lord for those beautiful words of mercy and understanding.