And He said to me...

"My child, it is good for you to be near to me.  I love to lavish blessings on you out of the abundance of my love; a fount that will never run dry!

But my blessings only go so far, as a sign post to me.  I long to draw you towards myself and minister to your soul.

Lucy I never designed you to be strong, as it is written, it is in your very weakness that my power manifests itself and brings forth perfection.

I see the devil whisper lies to you; two fold lies that at the same time put a demand on you to be perfect in your own strength, he tells you you are almost there, if you could only be a little better you will spare me of the duty of perfecting you on your behalf.  And then in the next breath he speaks and shouts your imperfections over you.  He drags mistakes up from the bottom of the ocean of my forgiveness.  But my forgiveness, though similar in vastness is NOT an ocean; there is no bottom, no distance to which the blood of my son can not flow.  No stain is too stubborn to be removed.  I desire for you to live in the freedom of this truth, not to be bound up in the malicious, yet subtle lies of our enemy.

I do not need you, yet every day I am jealous for you.  It is good for you to be near to me, rest in the shadow of my wings.

I love you, Abba, Father."