The Lord is saying: I Am here, and I Am with you. I hold you in My righteous right hand and you will never have to travel this earth alone. You may not feel My presence with you at times, but this only causes you to be more earnest in seeking My hand in times of loneliness. This builds character as it tries your resolve to follow Me no matter the circumstances. My loves, as My children it pains Me to see you struggle, but I know that these tests will refine you into one who is useful in sharing My love to others. A spoiled child only focuses on self, while a mature child places others ahead of self, and this was on perfect display through My Son, who was obedient to My every word to Him. As you grow and mature in your faith, you become more obedient to My Word, and this pleases Me greatly. In this world that is going headlong into hell, it is you, My obedient children, that go against this tide of sin and show the world what it is like to follow the one true God, and many take notice. You feel this prodding in your heart when My word doesn’t come to you easily, and it is in these times that I reveal deeper things to you. When you receive these, then you are changed and more impervious to the enemy as you walk with Me more closely. So, if you feel times of loneliness, this is the time to seek Me with all of your heart, and you will find that I have always been with you.
2 Cor 5:1-21 (ESV) For we know that if the tent that is our earthly home is destroyed, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. 2 For in this tent we groan, longing to put on our heavenly dwelling, 3 if indeed by putting it on we may not be found naked. 4 For while we are still in this tent, we groan, being burdened—not that we would be unclothed, but that we would be further clothed, so that what is mortal may be swallowed up by life. 5 He who has prepared us for this very thing is God, who has given us the Spirit as a guarantee. 6 So we are always of good courage. We know that while we are at home in the body we are away from the Lord, 7 for we walk by faith, not by sight. 8 Yes, we are of good courage, and we would rather be away from the body and at home with the Lord. 9 So whether we are at home or away, we make it our aim to please him. 10 For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each one may receive what is due for what he has done in the body, whether good or evil. 11 Therefore, knowing the fear of the Lord, we persuade others. But what we are is known to God, and I hope it is known also to your conscience. 12 We are not commending ourselves to you again but giving you cause to boast about us, so that you may be able to answer those who boast about outward appearance and not about what is in the heart. 13 For if we are beside ourselves, it is for God; if we are in our right mind, it is for you. 14 For the love of Christ controls us, because we have concluded this: that one has died for all, therefore all have died; 15 and he died for all, that those who live might no longer live for themselves but for him who for their sake died and was raised. 16 From now on, therefore, we regard no one according to the flesh. Even though we once regarded Christ according to the flesh, we regard him thus no longer. 17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come. 18 All this is from God, who through Christ reconciled us to himself and gave us the ministry of reconciliation; 19 that is, in Christ God was reconciling the world to himself, not counting their trespasses against them, and entrusting to us the message of reconciliation. 20 Therefore, we are ambassadors for Christ, God making his appeal through us. We implore you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God. 21 For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.
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