Oh My people, there is much that I would teach My own, given the time
and opportunity. You need to learn about My ways and how they affect
your life. My people, I would have you realize that no trial and no
trouble is without its bennefit in your life. As you daily face the
upsets and seeming setbacks that life brings your way, you are
presented with golden opportunities to learn invaluable lessons that
will help to fortify you in the days to come.

Nothing is without purpose and nothing need be wasted. For I alone am
able to fashion you into an instrument of praise through the very firey
trials that you think will crush and destroy you. I am He Who brings
life out of death; and turns evil into good. I bring light into the
darkness and call things that are not as though they were.

I have made full and complete provision for every circumstance that
befalls you, and nothing befalls My own without My knowledge. For I am
your Father, and as such I keep watchful and tender care over each and
every one of My sons and daughters. Nothing takes Me unawares, NOTHING!!
My planning and provision is all encompassing, and I have taken into
consideration every aspect of every circumstance. I see the end from the
begining. I am meticulous in My care and attention.

I would remind you of what is spoken in 1Peter chapter 1, "Blessed be
the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, Who according to His great
mercy has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the
resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, to obtain an inheritance
which is imperishable and undefiled and will not fade away, reserved in
heaven for you, who are protected by the power of God through faith for
a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time. In this you greatly
rejoice, even though now for a little while, if necessary, you have been
distressed by various trials, that the proof of your faith, being more
precious than gold which is perishable, even though tested by fire, may
be found to result in praise and glory and honor at the revelation of
Jesus Christ."

And again, in 2 Corinthians 4:16-18, "Therefore we do not lose heart, but
though our outter man is decaying , yet our inner man is being renewed
day by day. For momentary, light affliction is producing for us an
eternal weight of glory, far beyond all comparison, while we look not at
the things which are seen, but the things which are unseen. For the
things which are seen are temporal, but the things which are unseen are
eternal."

These words are brought to you by:
Terri Ward
watchman@ioa.com