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The Balance of Justice

Dear Child,  

Everyone does not experience the same life. Fairness is a worldly philosophy; justice is what I offer. Every person has been designed by Me - there is no other way to enter into human life.

Some are born into wealth, while other are born into the streets of the slums. Some are blessed with Christian parents that teach them about Me from a child, others are orphaned or neglected never hearing about Me as a child. Some seem to have a easy life, everything always going their way, but others struggle to survive the cruelty in the world. 

Life on earth is NOT fair. It never has been since the day Adam and Eve were sent out of the garden of Eden. Sin drove them out, and death replaced the tree of life. Pain, sorrow, enmity, woundedness, toil, and all curses of evil became part of human life. Nothing was fair evermore.

But, all was not lost. I am a just God, a God of mercy, promise and hope. I could not leave mankind in eternal death, so we provided a way - a balance of Justice. My scales do not measure as justice of the world. Before My throne no man apart from Christ will be found just.

Justice is only found through the substitutionary perfect life and debt satisfying death, burial and resurrection payment of Jesus Christ. Do you want to know justice? You will need to know Jesus. The more you know Jesus the greater justice you will understand in life.

 

Lindy Abbott 2011

Aligning Your Step

Dear Child,  

Do you know where you are going? Life offers so many paths to take. Can you tell which one is right for you? 

So many people never think about where they will end up; they simply want to enjoy the current steps they take. Others can't seem to aim anywhere, being tossed around by the hurtful circumstances from the past. I even, with sorrow, watch others working so hard, using all of their strength, time, money, and talents to get to temporary goals and destinations that are mirages in eternity.

You make a decision. Your direction is a personal choice, even if you feel you are just spinning on the not-so merry-go-round of life. Simply following the crowd, or doing what society calls norm, is open to freewill. When you are young, still a son or a daughter of your home, your parents often tell you which steps you will be allowed to make. In essence, they choose for you. 

But everyone comes of age, entering personal accountability, and you own the responsibility for where you are headed. Are you going to be moved along in the crowd, like a shell in the surf of the sea, driven and tossed by the winds of the world? 

Do you not know my mercy has lengthened the days for you to choose My way? With certainty, the day of choice will come to an end. Will you align yourself with Me before it is too late? If you lack wisdom to choose, ask of Me. I give to all generously and without reproach. The reverent fear of knowing I am Jehovah is the beginning of wisdom. 

I am telling you to walk by faith, not by sight, for not everything you see with your eye is what will remain in the end of days. By personal faith in believing all I say, your steps will take you to eternal life with Me, where your life may be perfect and complete, lacking nothing. When you align your steps with Me, you will experience all joy!

Lindy Abbott 2011

Honey and Light

 Dear Child,

Read My Word. I say this not to make you feel guilty if you have not been reading the Bible daily. Though I do want to encourage you to do what is best and what is right. Do you you want to live right in My eyes? Then, read My Word.

Its precepts are like sweet honey to your soul and a lantern to light your path as you walk, so that you will not stumble or head the wrong way. Delight in what I say - My Word is your lifeline that keeps you from drowning in the sinful world. Read the Word with a desire to know Me, as you do, I will come in focus and be clearly known.

Years spent in schooling does not compare to simple time in My Word at My feet. My Holy Spirit is your personal tutor, teaching you and showing you just what you need to know. His lessons are specifically prepared for you. He will help you see as I see and fill your heart with compassionate understanding for others. 

Daily spend time in My Holy Bible .It will touch your soul so that you are able to love others without end. You are My love, and I want My love to spill over to all you come in contact with today.

Read My Word.

Lindy Abbott 2011

Words Like a Gentle Shower

 Dear Child,

Hold your tongue. Be careful - your tongue is very powerful. Surrender your right to speak and express yourself to me. The Bible, My Word, is the filter for all you want to say. Consider the power of words. One rashly spoken phrase can scar a person for decades or be your public testimony for years. Repent of unconsidered words. Submit to Me your tongue and I will tame it. Ask Me, and I will guard your mouth.

Chose words wisely. Rant, raving and accusing are not My way. I am lovingly firm for when I speak my words are showered with forgiveness and grace. I speak timely, only what you need for life and the present day. Don't waste your words. If you do, you water down all you say. Like the overwhelming flood of a tsunami, your comments will hurt, exhaust and drown others. Be a gentle spring shower, saying what is needed and necessary for the hearer.

There is a season to speak and a season to be quiet. Be sensitive to My Holy Spirit to know the season you are in. Listen for my instructions, I will guide you in everything you write or say.

Lindy Abbott 2011

 

My Heart's Desire

Dear Child,  

I desire to have a relationship with you.as Adam and Eve once had in the Garden of Eden.  Sin separated you from Me. But I have provided the way for you to be reconciled to Me. 

Jesus was born as a man to die. Jesus grew in maturity and stature as a young Jewish man. He was obedient every day of His life, sinless from the womb. Sin came to Him but He did not choose it. At My perfect time, He willingly laid down His life. He became sin, your sin. Jesus, the Sacrifice Lamb offered up to fulfill the requirements of the Law. He paid the penalty of sin by being a blameless blood sacrifice. His blood purchased the sin debt  for every person in the world. Anyone who believes this to be true, by faith, has their sin debt paid in full!

Jesus, in  righteousness and obedience, was found blameless in My sight. He did not need to suffer the pentalty of death -- these were your wages of sin. He died for you! Let Me say that again, receive this personally, Jesus died for you! The choice is always yours - to believe or not believe -to accept Jesus as your Messiah or to deny Him. Choose carefully, your eternal life depends on it. Choose to believe in Jesus and spend eternity with Me in Heaven - this is the desire of My heart for you.

Lindy Abbott 2011

Light, Bright, White Snow

Dear Child,  

Snow is so joyful. It is light, bright, white and unique. No two flakes are the same. Some are tiny, barely visable, before they melt away. Others are large, fluffy, clustered in groups. You are so unique to me. I want you to be whiter than snow.

Sins in your life causes a dark stain on your soul. When you  live in darkness, your sin is barely visible, but it never melts away. When you come into the light, your sins seemingly become large, like they are clustered in groups. I don't want you to walk in bright places to embarrass you. I want you to know you have sin so that you desire to be cleaned.

The blood of Jesus, shed on the cross is the only way for you to become clean, washed whiter than snow. Snow turns liquid or even icy hard when the sun shines brightly. Your heart will become cold and hard if you allow the bright truth of Jesus to shine on your sin, but you refuse to confess and turn.

Freshly fallen snow is so beautiful! So uplifting and refreshing on the long winter days. For some, it has the ability to melt sadness away.

To Me the blood Jesus shed for you is so beautiful! For anyone who comes to recieve, His blood can cover all sins. His atoning blood cleanses you completely. Do you long to be lifted up and refreshed? Do you want to know joy? Daily, confess your sins, and walk in His righteousness. Walk with Me each day in Jesus to be whiter than snow.

Lindy Abbott 2011

Bold, Offensive, Controversial

Dear Child,  

Most people don't like to cause disturbances, drawing negative attention to themselves.Often when you speak the truth you will cause disturbances. The truth is hard to hear when you don't want to believe it or when it goes against they way you already believe.

Jesus, the Messiah, frequently caused disturbances. Religious leaders of the Jews did not want to believe what He spoke was truth. They held tightly to being a decedent of Abraham, whom God blessed with a covenant, promising a Seed to save the Jews. They did not want to believe Jesus could be the Seed prophesied over thousands of years.

I want everyone to believe in Jesus and the words He spoke while on earth. All who believe Jesus are My children. Anyone who does not believe is a child of the father of the world, Satan.

Some may say these words are bold, offensive, controversial. Truth sheds light so that deeds may be clearly seen. Everyone practicing evil hates the light, and does not want the light, because their evil deeds will be explosed. I did not send Jesus, My Son, into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved.

Whoever believes in Jesus is not condemned; but whoever does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotton Son of God! And this is the condemnation that the light has come into the world and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. Jesus is the light.

Boldly embrace this truth. Embrace Me.

 

 

Lindy Abbott 2011

Step By Step

 Dear Child,

Seek Me and you will find the Truth. I will guide you step by step. To know Me you will have to let go of preconcieved conclusions and even evalute through Truth the things you have been taught. Never hesitate to test out the validity of what you believe. Study diligently to be certain.

Your first step will be to read the Bible for yourself. Really open the cover, and turn page by page reading through a book. The Bible has 66 different books. Pick one and read it from beginning to end. Pray for Me to show you the Truth as you read.You can start with the first book of Genesis or choose one like the book of John. Matthew, Mark, Luke and John are called the Gospels because the tell the "good news" of Jesus.

I will help you to follow the light I give to anyone who seeks to really know Me, the One and Only God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Isn't it time for you to discover and decide what you believe? 

I love you, dear one. I will be with you step by step when you choose to seriously search out truths, like if Jesus is the Messiah. Only you can determine what you with do with your discovery of Truth. Know that Jesus is interceding for you at My right hand, praying for your eyes to be opened.

 

Lindy Abbott 2011

Who Needs A Savior

 Dear Child,

Everyone needs a Savior, a person to rescue them from the power, penalty and persistance of sin. Jesus came for all people of the world, that through believing in His Words, they could be saved. I know sin is not a commonly used word today, not even in churches. You need to understand sin to be saved.

Everyone who was created human from the time of Adam and Eve sin. Have you ever disobeyed your parents or your boss? Have you lied or shrewdly hid the whole truth? Have you wanted something that another person had so much your grew jealous with envy? Have you ever dressed inappropritately or with lust in your heart longed for someone whom you were not married? Have you stolen an object, someone's innocence, or an idea pretending you created it?

If you answered yes to any or all of these questions, you have sinned. To sin is to disobey the way I ask you to live. When you sin, you lose your ability to be with Me. This hurts Me, because I long to spend time with you and to bless you in every goodness.

Until you taste having a relationship with Me, it is hard to feel or even imagine what you are missing.

I want you to know Me. I am faithful, loving, giving, graceful and holy. You need Jesus to save you from all of your sins you have ever committed so that we can have sweet fellowship. Believe Me. Confess your sins. Ask for Jesus to save you. Come to know Me as your Father God. I am waiting for you. Turn to Me.

 

Lindy Abbott 2010

Missed Expectations

 Holidays, birthday, anniversaries are always times that can set you up for missed expectations. Instead of letting a root of bitterness seed, lay your expectations down at the feet of the cross. In Christ you have received more than you could have ever expected and what you never deserved. The gift of salvation and your adoption into My family is filled with riches you could never uncover in your lifetime.

Watch times of potential disappointment, when 'you expected it, but it never came'. Or  many times you took it for granted, until you felt the pain of losing what was never really yours to begin with. Did you even realize you never even thought to pray? You were so sure. Certain it would be yours.

You may find Me at times to be not what you expected. I am a jealous God. I know your heart, but you need to be tested. You need to know - was having it more important than having Me. I want you to purify your love, to single out your devotion, to narrow down your desire - to be only for Me. I will not share your heart with another. I love you too much. I want you to be Mine! And I want to be yours.

Lindy Abbott 2010

Precious Treasures

Dear Child,

People are more precious than presents, decorations, and baked treats which simply perish with time. All things in life will never last into eternity, but people will live forever into eternity.

My inheritance you received is incorruptible; it does not fade away; and it is reserved in heaven for you. Those who suffer and are grieved by various trails need to know they can rejoice greatly. Even in the midst of horrible pain, genuine faith in Jesus as their Lord and Savior, will enable them to look toward life in heaven, which will last all of eternity.

This faith is more precious than gold or any gift under a tree that perishes. Faith that is tested through fire purifies and will be found full of praise, honor and glory. Faith is knowing things that are yet unseen to be Truth. You believe, yet you have never seen Jesus. Yet in believing you rejoice with inexpressible joy, which is full of glory.

Share with those who are suffering, knowing gifts and parties are nice, but the true gift, the genuine gift, needed at Christmas is not in a wrapped up in a bow. Being reconciled to Me, you will know peace regardless of life's sufferings. Share this precious mystery that was hidden from ages and generations, but now is available for everyone to know that their hearts may be encouraged, knitted together in love, and able to attain all the riches of knowing Me.

I treasure you, precious child! You are complete in Me.

Lindy Abbott 2010

Holiday Hurts

Dear Child,

Holidays are painful times for some people. The sad reality of a fallen and depraved world is that for many of my children Christmas, like other holidays, is not merry.

My faithful child, you know the peace and grace from Me and My Son your Lord Jesus Christ. You share wonderful love for your family and friends, and, all of this is good!  But also, be attuned to others who may be hurting. Particularly those who do not seem to have your faith and hope. In a longing to celebrate and focus on your own memorable family traditions, it is easy to not perceive those about you that are hurting.

These precious souls need to know the hope I have prepared for them, which you heard in the Word of the truth of the Gospel. The good tidings that needs to be heard during Christmas is the living hope through the life, death, burial and resurrection of Jesus, which is for all people.

So, as you walk throughout the holidays, be aware of those who look tired, frazzled, angry, or withdrawn. Take the time to draw near to them. Listen for Me to tell you what is needed.

Remember, I am always with you. If you pause from what you "need to do" you can hear My still small voice telling you what is really needed for those who have holiday hurts.

 

Lindy Abbott 2010

The Messiah Has Come

Dear Child,

I have prayed for you to know the Truth.  When you believe the Truth, it will set you free.

The Messiah has come and His name is Jesus. He was born to a Jewish couple, both in  the lineage of King David. Mary, His mother, was a devote  virgin Jew. An angel told her she would conceive a child miraculously by the Holy Spirit. And she believed. Joseph, His father, was also told by an Angel to raise the child as though he was his own son. He also believed.

Jesus has been and always will be My one and only begotten Son.

 In the beginning Jesus, fully God, created the heavens and earth. When sin entered the good world, through Satan , We knew Divine intervention was necessary to save the world from his destruction. The day would come for God to humble Himself and take the form of a human child. Redemption would come to all the world through My love for all My children.

I love you, and you to always believe this truth: Jesus is the Messiah, the Savior, the Divine intervention necessary for you to have a personal relationship with Me.

 

Lindy Abbott 2010

Rejoice in Life and Death

Dear Child,

I tell you to rejoice in everything, in both what you perceive to be trials or victories. I particularly want you to rejoice at the life of a newborn. In very much the same way, I want you to rejoice at the death of a brother or sister in Christ.

Don't mistake this for me telling you not to grieve. Grieving is a very natural process I created for you to go through to deal with all of the emotions of loss. In your time of grieving, let it be seasoned with joy.

What I am saying, though, is to realize that just as a baby is born into life at birth, a child of Mine is born into afterlife at death. Oh, the rejoicing that takes place in the heavens when a baby is born, when a person is born again by spiritual birth to be a saint and when my son or daughter is born into everlasting life!

Oh, the bitter sting of death does not rob my children of life eternally with Me. Jesus is the doorway to eternal afterlife in heaven. I was not created by man nor was Jesus. He and I are God; we always were and always will be.

Pluralism is a lie. Man-created gods do not to lead to everlasting life or any form of reincarnation repeating various levels of life. These teaching are Satan's lies. As many as he can draw into false religions, he allures away from Me and My Truth. Man cannot create God, nor can man create the rules by which God functions.

My ways are higher than your ways. I am not a puppet at any person's command to be used to control people, to take their money, to penalize them for not following a person. I am Spirit - not flesh and blood. The only time in all of history that I dwelt among people as flesh and blood was during the life of Jesus. Anyone claiming to be God is a liar. Anyone teaching another way to eternal heaven than what I have spoken through the Holy Bible is a liar.

Do not be confused, tossed to and fro, convinced to believe a different gospel or another doctrine! Rejoice in the new life of a baby infant! Rejoice in the new life of a soul once lost, experiencing regeneration of being born again from above! Rejoice when a saint breathes his last earthy breath and enters into paradise with Me! In all these rejoice!

Lindy Abbott 2010

Tossed

Dear Child,

I want you to no longer be tossed and carried about with every wind on how you ought to be a Christian. I remind you often, and want you to never forget, "there is nothing new under the sun." Since the time of Satan in the garden with Eve, trickery will be used to decieve you.

You don't have to go look for trouble. . .Satan makes certain that his minions are daily bringing trouble into your life and stirs up sinful desires within your heart. He is schooling people who want to be worshipped, who want fame, who want wealth and admiration, and who want power. His demons lie in wait for the perfect time to decieve you.

When you are strong in My presence, love and grace, protected by your faith focused on Me, he will not waste his efforts targeting you. But when you relax, coast, get carried away by the glitter and excitement of his carnal world, filled with carnival-food-relationships and roller-coaster-lifestyles, you will be tossed around in his winds.

In the garden he didn't come right up to Eve and challenge her to take a bite of what I forbade. No. He engaged her in light conversation. . .seemingly harmless questions of promises of hope to be more, to experience a life better, and to know more beyond her present existence. See how, in cunning craftiness, he drew her into his web of lies with little doubts of Truth, little selfish dreams, little hopes of greatness!

Center your existence, your daily thoughts, your passion for life on Me, and the counterfiet trinkets he offers will be obvious. You'll be anchored when your focus is on Me as I focus on you, forever faithful. Then you'll no longer be tossed. 

Lindy Abbott 2010

 

Listen

 Dear Child,

Listen. . .a simple little word, but a discipline that takes a lifetime to learn. People who don't like to talk appear to listen, but the opposite of talk is not listen. Listen requires a selfless desire to know and care about others. Have you ever experienced talking to someone and they look past you? They let you stand in front of them "babbling" your heart, but their eyes are roaming the area to wave, speak or find. They may not speak a word, but they also have not heard a word.

When you speak to Me, I listen. I don't only take in the words, I listen to the heart-meaning behind, between and within every word you utter, even the words you think, but never speak. You are created in My image with an unlimited capacity to listen as I listen. So often it seems too difficult or impossible because what concerns you, what you think, what you feel becomes more important than to hear.

Sadly, I frequently experience  what it is like to never be heard. I speak, but how often do you listen to Me. I have so many words of life, edification, direction, insight and pure love for you. . .but I wait. . . I wait. . . for you to be still, to open the ears of your soul to listen. I redeemed you not so that you could have access to heaven when you die. I redeemed you to restore your relationship with Me for now and for eternity.

This is the gospel of reconciliation and restoration that I want you to share and bring to all people, in your neighborhood, city, state, country and beyond. Don't look at people as numbers, stats, goals to reach in a warped sense of "doing Kingdom work for Me." Offer My salvation to others--a restored relationship, a rebirth to be my precious child, as I originally created.

As you live, Me with  you and you with Me in sweet and continual fellowship. Others will see without you speaking one word to "get them saved", and they will draw near, desireing to listen and be heard.

Be about My work, the work of Your Father. . .listen. . .with all  your mind, emotions, and spirit-- by listening you will be able to touch a heart of another if you utter not a word.

I love you, dear one, more than you know.

Lindy Abbott 2010

A Word

 

 Dear Child,

All words that minister to the soul comes from Me. You want. You try. You make. But until you come to Me, you will have nothing of value to say or write. Words are plentiful. They enterain, pacify, and even motivate people to do, but most words will never touch the spirit within unless they were given as seeds from Me.

The words I give when planted in the hearts of others have the power to spring forth to life. Within them are the seeds of life. You are the sower but not the maker of the seed. You may water but you do not create the rain. You may shed light but you are not the Son.

My Words, like seeds, will not always produce fruit. Some stony hearts reject the message immediately. Be careful as a sower to not get disturbed or hurt by those who quickly brush away the seeds. They are rejecting Me and My message, not you. Remember who you are. You are my chosen vessel to carry My Words to other people.

The few words I speak to you are in need of your human touch so that others can hear the concentrated message. I could have used angels to speak for Me. I could have recorded my words to be amplified audibly for all to hear. I choose to use men and women who allowed themselves to be  molded and purified. Often this process in painful. Yet you endured, lovingly longing to be of use to Me, to bring Me glory.

I rejoice over you, and love using you.

Lindy Abbott 2010

Liberty

 Dear Child,

You were born to live in liberty. I created you with a free will, the ability to choose for yourself. My desire was never for you to have an earthy King or authority over you. I, alone, wanted to be your Lord. But in weakness and looking to the ways of the world, you longed for earthly authority. You seek help from people in power and with resources to come to your need.

Remember Me. I am the source of everything. No one has anything unless it was allowed by Me. I open the floodgates and decide when to let them run dry. A person can have all the riches the world has to offer and live in total oppression. My way is through freedom; Truth will set you free.

Liberty is a hollow shell unless it grants freedom to the soul. Do not confuse My liberty for a license to sin. I cannot use an unclean vessel. My precious child, the world is teaching so many varying messages in the church, even in My name. Everything you hear is not My Truth.

Liberty can be confused with personal pleasure, free speech, and entertainment. The Holy Spirit within you, strengthns you to become mature seeking My Word. It will restrain you from tolerating or embracing sin. Love your enemy and your neighbor, but do not love sin.

Your deepest deisres are transforming into My heart's deepest pleasures. Your will is moving increasingly in perfect step with My will. Be careful, dear child. Do not be lead astray by those opening the gate to sinful pleasures in the name of tolerance or evangalism. Seek Me. In My presense, I will show you what freedom really means in Me.

Lindy Abbott 2010

Living in the Present

 

Dear Child,

Live in the present moment with Me.  While each of my children can recall a first encounter with Me, a time when My provision and salvation by grace was accepted, this recollection will not sustain you throughout your life. By faith, you chose your eternal destination once and for all in a singular point of time.  This decision is essential. Without this initial encounter, solidifying our relationship, there would be no possibility for daily present moments.

The never ending joy of life is to live in the present moments with Me. It is the way you're empowered and filled with the Holy Spirit. Just as the Israelites had to learn that  yesterday's manna was not sustenance for the days that followed, you can not  feast upon moments in time with Me you recall from the past. You must live with Me in the present moment to experience the abundance of life.

Many people will go on and on about a testimony of the past and how I once, or even twice, touched their life in a supernatural way. With joy they share how that became a milestone, a pinnacle point of their life. They look back to what once was. While milestones of faith are important  points of spiritual history, they should also be a stepping stones to growth. My relationship with you doesn't stop in the past.

How pale those memories can be in light of fresh encounters with Me. I desire for you to know Me continually, moment by moment and in the present. I am not a mere memory or event of the past. I am the living, speaking, vibrant God of now.

When you speak or write about Me, about what I have done or taught you once along the way, you are teaching doctrine, facts, and information. You stir the mind of others. But it is quite different when you live in the present with Me and testify to what I am currently doing. The freshness of the Holy Spirit pours out and touches the spirit of others. It is the difference between a snapshot in time and live experience.

Let Me be all you need today. It is not enough for Me to have a memory of a time I once spent with you. I want to speak and live with you this day, and every day that follows. Let's live the now together.

Lindy Abbott 2010

Glorious Heavens

Dear Child,

The Heavens declare My glory. When is the last time you gazed at the stars? I am not talking about a casual look up in the night sky, but an extended seeking gaze. The wise men sought the stars, so can you. So many of my children in the city, barely see the images of the night perfectly planned before the beginning of time. The lights of neon signs and busy streets diminish My handiwork.

Don't miss this piece of My magnificent story by ignoring the stars of the night. Everything I created has a purpose and ultimately brings Me glory. Everyone throughout the world is without excuse, since the gospel in written in the heavens declaring the way to Me.

Do you really think I tossed the stars up in a random order as you would sprinkle glitter over glue? Nothing I do is meaningless or a waste of energy. Do you want to see Me? Do you want to know Me? Explore the stories I have written in the heavenly skies.

Do not be afraid. I alone created the stars and formed constellations, and it is good! Stars do not possess power to rule your life, as some think, in a twisted perversion of what is intended for good. Stars do testify, as a prophet calling out in the wilderness night, "Prepare your heart. Prepare for the coming of the Lord." Their light shines brightest in the darkness; a preacher for all to hear and see; a message for  those who have eyes to see.

The wise men were led to Jesus by the stars. Do you think I placed them in the sky for just these men, and for just one night? As I placed them, I thought of you. I love you and want you to know it is good to take time to know the stars. By faith they will confirm what I have written on your heart - I am real, I am just, I am holy, I am love. Yes, the Heavens declare My glory for you to see!

Lindy Abbott 2010

By My Stripes

Dear Child,

I know your pain. I bore all sin in My Own body on the cross. I felt it all. So when I tell you that by my stripes you will be healed, I know with certainty what I am talking about. Precious one, I am so sorry you had to hurt, but I want you to understand I hurt with you. I cry with you. I mourn with you.

You don't have to carry this injury any more. The gates of hell will not prevail over you. No weapon formed against you shall prosper. With Me, you will prevail.

Don't live in the pain or in the past. I died so that you might die to sin and live to righteousness. By My wounds you were healed. By faith accept what I have done for you, believing what I tell you is true.

I was pierced through for all transgressions. I was bruised for your iniquities. The punishment of sin fell upon Me, so that you can know peace deep within. Step out in faith. The question is never "can you be healed?." Certainly you can! The doubt is not concerning what I will do, My part is already done. What is left to be seen is your response. Trust Me, by the scourging I willingly took, you are healed.

As you continue to walk in obedience, you will reckon all to be so, all that is yours.

Lindy Abbott 2010

I Am In Control

Dear Child,

It can be humbling to learn the world doesn't need you to function. While you are significant and so important to Me, you need to understand that I am in control. Nothing happens without My knowledge. Nothing affects you unless it first is filters through My hands of all-knowing love.

You will never be able to change the direction I blow the wind, or set the time I rise the sun or determine the colors I choose to place in the sky. So much of your life is totally out of your control. It is beyond your human capacity to do what I alone can do.

You are not Me, not God, nor will you ever be. False religions teach people to accept and imagine they are one with "god" even evolving into and becoming "god". This is not new. It is the very cause of Lucifer's fall from the kingdom of heaven. Don't make his same disastrous mistake.

I created your abilities and talents and personality to be a perfect blend only you possess. Of all the people in the world, who ever has been or ever will be - you are the only person just like you! Enjoy who I made you to be, your uniqueness is completely perfect to Me.

I love you with all My heart. Do you love Me? Do you trust that I am in control?

Lindy Abbott 2010

I Am The Cause

Dear Child,

See how brightly the sun shines in the sky. I am the cause. Watch how the ocean reflects its light back up to Me. Every time you come Me, I long to freshly fill your spirit enabling you to shine brightly. Reflecting My love, you shine for all to see Me.

I am the cause of your smile, the reason for your peace, the purpose for your day, the acceptance of your soul and the beauty of your outlook on life. Life originated with Me, spoken forth in My Word, materialized in physical existence. I am the cause of everything that exists; without Me nothing would be.

The needs of the world will cry out, calling your name, begging for your attention, draining your strength. Like a sponge being squeezed you will become empty and dry. Let Me cause you to be refreshed overflowing with True Living Water that never runs dry.  As the ocean seems to never end, rolling past the horizon, learn to rest in My never ending provision. Stay connected to Me, Source of everything, the cause of life.

Lindy Abbott 2010

Words Have Power

Dear Child,

People can say the most hurtful words. Do you really think they always come up with the words on their own? In the passion of the moment the enemy whispers to them the most wicked words he thinks will slay you to the core.

Be careful in the heat of the moment to filter every word spoken through Me. If the words, like a poison dipped arrow, enters the still tender wounded places of your soul, let Me tend to its removal. This will prevent you from being tempted to fling it back to cause more hurt.

Don't be like a broken recorder continually looping those killing worlds in your mind. Lay the words spoken in hast and fury at the foot of the cross. As you kneel there, forgive the one who spoke rashly. This dear soul needs healing more than you can know.

Pray for this person to receive My mercy and that I may touch her hurting heart.

Lindy Abbott 2010

Warmth to Your Soul

Dear Child,

The sun comes out to heat the day as I come to bring warmth to your soul. As the sun is to bring danger to your eyes if you look upon it with a direct gaze. This is how I can be to you, when you are living in sin. I am holy and just, a consuming fire.

Once you believe in your heart and confess with your mouth that Jesus is your Lord, you are able to draw near to Me. My grace and mercy is available to cover you in the righteousness of Jesus. When you confess your sins, I am faithful and just to forgive your sins and to cleanse you of all unrighteousness.

Turn to Me, and I will pour out My warmth to your heart. Compassion, understanding and patience are all yours. Through Me, you are ready to impact the lives of others. But, get this fact - I am all you, or they, will ever need, your daily bread, your living water.

Relax in My presence. Rest in knowing I have you in My loving arms. Let Me hold You close. I want to show you My love.

Lindy Abbott 2010

Full of Joy

Dear Child,

You came! I woke you early before the stir of activity in the day and you ran to Me. You were tempted stop when you thought of the things you needed to do but I am grateful you resisted.

My heart is full of joy. You will never imagine how much pleasure you bring to Me when you obey My voice. Like soft clay in My hand you let Me mold you into being the vessel of My choosing. I need you to be ready for pouring out my saving grace and love to others.

You can't watch the walk of others and imitate the design I place on their life. Don't think if you just copied another, or if you just performed what you have seen, you would be perfect to Me.

You are already righteous in My sight covered in the blood of Jesus. How more perfect can who you are be when you have a daily relationship with Me!

Don't you see, as you relax, surrendering to be molded to My heart's desire for you, you are all you need to be. You are pleasing to me, my daily joy!

Lindy Abbott 2010

Rainy Days

Dear Child,

Life depends a lot on your outlook. Rainy days are usually seen as disappointing. "Oh, no," the girl sadly pouts, "I can't ride my bike. It's raining." Many happy events planned for outside are viewed as disasters when the rain tumbles from the sky. "Why, of all days does it have to rain?" the bride utters holding back a flood of tears. When perfect plans are changed even by a simple rain shower, a sense of resentment and blame is often felt. "God, I prayed. How could you let it rain?"

Is it any wonder that I am hurt by how easily you are moved to distress by unwanted rain, but you see the poor and needy and don't shed a tear. You are not moved to crying out to me when sin is all around you, but you want me to come to your rescue when raindrops fall from the sky. Is the plans of your day more important than the hurts that come to people in the world because of unrepentant sin?

You see the rain, but do you also see the teardrop that fell from the child last night that lost her innocence while she laid in her bed. You hear the thunder roar, but do you also hear the child pleading for her father to abandon her. "Daddy, please don't leave. Daddy, please!" she desperately pleas.

I send rain to bring nourishment to the plants of the soil and the animals to be quenched in a hot dry day. The earth gets a nice fresh cleansing, and it knows I will faithfully bring the sun again to shine brightly for its needs. Are you lacking in faith of my sovereignty and provision? Are you so selfish you care more about the weather than a broken heart?

Life is a balance that does not revolve around you. Before you begin to complain pause to see My outlook. You will find the the Son is always shining brightly even on the stormiest of days. And you will develop a sensitivity to what is really important in Life.

Lindy Abbott 2010

Fair or Just?

Dear Child,

"It's not fair!" I hear your wounded heart cry. "Why did I get passed over? Why did she get the best and I get what is left over? How did this happen to me?"

Hear this, and take heed, life is not fair. It never has been for you nor will it ever be. Life is not fair for anyone.

And hear this, listen even deeper in your soul, life IS just! It always was and always will be, even to the end time of the earth. It rains on the good and the wicked. The sun rises for My children and those who choose the way of My enemy.

But never forget, I am Just!

Is it fair that one person is born in a country of wealth and opportunity and another is born in a country poor and torn by war? Is it fair that one has a loving family and another is abandoned, rejected, or has a family full of hatred and sinful living? It is not fair, but it is just.

I am the lawgiver and the judge of life.

Lindy Abbott 2010

You are Costly

Dear Child,

Does the bean tell the farmer its worth? Does the garment tell her seamstress its price? Does the song tell the writer its market value?

Certainly not! In the same way you, My created one, can not determine your worth. Only the one who creates knows the value of the creation and is able to set the price.

You are costly! Your price was set at the cross of Jesus. He died for you, so your sins may be forgiven, and  you can have eternal life in Heaven.

Never mistake salvation as a free gift costing Me nothing. Everyone can freely receive the most costly gift of all time - salvation through the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus Christ. This is the good news, the complete gospel story!

What are you worth? What is your value? Your purchase price was Jesus' death on the cross. See how valuable you are to Me?

Lindy Abbott 2010

Live Simple

Dear Child,

It is so easy to complain when you already have so much. How few complain who materially have nothing. They live a simple life.

You know you lack when you live among wealth, but those who live among poor take great pleasure in the littlest of daily sustenance or worldly treasure.

You think you need more because you see more, and then you want more, and never know what it is to be joyfully content, having a lack of wanting things.

You see the beauty of the natural world and vainly try to capture its splendor in decorating your home or deciding what to wear. Those who have no home or opportunity to choose what to wear take time to marvel at the beauty of their natural surroundings, if they have not become poor by falling from wealth.

Blessed will be the one who is poor in spirit knowing her spiritual need is so much greater than her physical. She will be an heir to My kingdom in Heaven.

In life, take little, and live simply. In doing this you will never want or need to compare or complain.

Lindy Abbott 2010

Shine Through You

Dear Child,

See the sun shine through the branches, filtering down to bring spectacular rays of light to every corner that once only knew darkness? My Light has come into the world, but the world rejected the Light.

My Son shines full of perfect, graceful love. Are you living in His light? Are do you still linger in the shadow? Are you able to let your deeds be illuminated by the Light? Don't choose to live in darkness of the world. Let His Light break the chains of bondage that comes with living in an evil, dying world?

You claim that you  want to be enlightened. You want to embrace truth, but you can not  know truth apart from Me. I am the lawmaker. I set the world in motion. My way is the only way to real life. You must confess, repent, and allow Me to make clean your heart, mind and soul. Your mind is the doorway to your will.

As My Light radiates through you, I am drawing the hurting, lost and crying souls wandering aimlessly through life. Oh, some pretend to have it all together - whitewashed and dazzling for all to see, but the eyes of the heart don't lie. It is through the eyes that the real condition of a soul is seen. These precious ones long to know peace, rest and unconditional love. Don't turn away from the needy.

Be all that and more by letting My light shine through you. As the web of branches allows light rays to filter through to the ground below bring the source for life, the broken places in your life provide pathways spreading My healing  light through the fragment that are yet to be made whole. What you deem to be a negative, I perceive as a vessel bringing life to others. The very weakness you believe makes you less, allows Me to use you more.

In Christ, you are completely perfect - everything I planned to you be. So let His light shine forth, in your beautiful smile radiating my glory for all to see.

Lindy Abbott 2010

Your First Love?

Dear Child,

Who is your first love? Who or what do you think about every hour of your day? What occupies your time, energy, and thoughts?

Do you remember when I first called you? Do you remember when you answered, "Yes, Lord"? Do you remember the rushing joy of knowing. . .knowing you were loved, alive, awakened, free. Do you remember when you first knew Me - when you understood I was the one and only God, surrendered to Me and became a new?

How is it that I have fallen out of your favor? When did that passion fade? What shined more brightly than Me? Who absorbed your undivided attention to the point you could barely remember Me?

And through it all, I have remained faithful to you ... wanting, hoping, longing for you to return.. I have never left you. Never once did I give up. And still I have not lost My hope for you..

Oh, My child, remember Me. I am your one and only  first love! I will not share that spot in your heart with another.  I am your cleansing breath in the fresh morning dew. And at the end of the day I long to hold you as you  fall fast asleep. When will you ever understand, I am all you ever need.

I bid you to love Me with all your heart, mind and soul once again, as you did in the first days when to you I became known to you.

Love Me. Need Me. Adore Me. I am always waiting for you. You are forever my darling child.

Lindy Abbott 2010

Spirit-filled Living

Dear Child,

Spirit-filled living awakens every fiber of your soul. Do you not know that your body is a dwelling place for the Spirit? Wherever you go He goes. You are never alone. He sees what you see. He experiences what you do. He hears what you listen to. Do you ever think about this fact?

When you walk into a place of ungodliness, He enters with you. You are not alone. When you watch a movie with inappropriate scenes, you are not alone. When you pour an addiction down your throat, He still remains within you.

My promises to you are certain. I will never leave you nor forsake you. Through purity and lewdness, the Spirit is forever dwelling in you. In light of this truth, be mindful of the Holy Spirit, as you make your choices.

Spirit living encompasses more than a constant, permanent indwelling - though, this alone mysteriously cannot be fully understood. As you surrender your daily will to Me, I pour out a fresh anointing upon you. Spirit-filled living empowers you to see, hear and act with supernatural sensitivity and power to be united with Me in purpose.

Spirit-filled life doesn't empower you to accomplish your plans. It enables you to do far more for Me than you ever could conceive on your own. Live for Me, partaking in My work and rejoice in the fulfillment of seeing Kingdom work that would be impossible apart from being Spirit-filled. Enjoy the Spirit-filled life!

Lindy Abbott 2010

Trust Me

Dear Child,

Trust Me. I am worthy of your trust. You trust the sun to rise in the morning in the east and to set at night in the west. Can you not trust Me to be just as faithful? I am so much more. The surrender of faith to Me, knowing I am personally taking care of you, walks on a deeper spiritual level then faith alone.

In faith you believe what I say is true. Faith comes by hearing My Word. It is by faith you are saved. I ask you to walk by faith and not by sight. But faith only carries you so far.

It is trust that allows you to step of the cliffs in life knowing I am there. And as you free-fall, trusting I will gently catch you in My all encompassing arms.

You should trust Me completely, handing nothing back. Trusting Me with all your heart, mind and strength, will take you to new spiritual heights. You will see when others don't. Be calm when others can't. And be at peace when others won't.

Don't worry when you're trusting Me walk in paths others won't go. I am with you. I will never leave you or forsake you. I don't lead my children in a pack. You have a personal relationship with Me, not a generic one. No two relationships are exactly the same.

You can not follow others steps and by faith believing what they are doing is also what you must do. I am too personal for living by rules. It is in trusting Me that you will be filled with My spiritual joy, a contentment that transcends everything else. When you trust in Me you will experience life abundantly with freedom to be everything I created you to be.

Trust in Me with the faith of an innocent child. I will never disappoint you when you commit everything into My hands. I am so trustworthy.

Lindy Abbott 2010

In the Quiet of the Morning

Dear Child,

Hear Me calling in the quiet of the morning. I am waiting to spend time with you. Don't rush past Me. I have been watching you sleep. You are so beautiful to Me. Think of Me as you awake. I am always here. . .waiting for you.

Before the chatter of the day, talk with Me. I have so much to say and I so want to hear your heart poured out to Me. I want to not only listen but to help you sift through to know what is important. . .to lighten your load.

There is a small window in the morning that can be just for Me and you, but you have to rise to meet Me. As soon as you wake, you have to turn your thoughts to Me. I am thinking of you. Wont you think of Me?

So much good, wonderful blessings I want to start you out with for your day, but I can only give them to you if you come to me. Don't skip the quiet of the morning with Me. Speak, I am listening. Listen, I am speaking. Open, I will fill you up with a fresh anointing of My Spirit.

I am everything you need. Nothing can compare to Me. No one can provide for you as I can. I know your thoughts before you speak them. I anticipate your desires. I long to be your everything, your One - Go-to-source!

Listen - do you hear it . . .the still quiet of the morning. . .there is still time. Come to Me. I am waiting.

Lindy Abbott 2010

Enter The Dawn

Dear Child,

Do you see me call? By the light of dawn, I am entreating you to come to Me. Drink from my fountain of new mercies. Do you hear me calling? By the chirp and tweeter of my birds, I beckon you to listen to Me. I am here in all fullness. Do you feel the moist air? I am refreshing your face with life giving moisture. Do you smell the breeze? I fill it honeysuckle for your delight.

I light your path. I awaken your thoughts. I wash your face. I cover you in fragrance. I am your total life support. I am all you need. Can an idol bring you any of these things?

Do you see the little morning bird softly landing on the branch. She doesn't doubt it will support her. She with grace and ease lites, walks and takes off again. Do you see her actively moving about the yard for her morning food? She doesn't fret - instead she takes her fill.

Who made the sunrise this morning? Who told it was time to call it day? Who moves the world on its axis in perfection? It was Me. Can't you trust in Me?

If I care enough to bring the light of day for all the world to see, don't you ever doubt on Me. I am faithful. My creation cries it out to you - "He is faithful". It is all they know to say, but you have so much more than all creation.

You get to love and know Me all throughout the day. Don't you ever forget I started your morning. I provided all the world would need. How much more, dear daughter, am I going to care for you? You are my precious child.

See, hear, feel and smell the dawn. I did all for you. I want you to have a great day. Trust in My faithfulness. I've got you covered. Trust Me!

Lindy Abbott 2010

Peaks and Valleys

Dear Child,

Take a walk with Me. All I ask is that you put one foot in front of the next. Don't be concerned about the destination. Just know that you will be with Me and in My perfect will.

Do you trust Me? Can you possibly head out on a journey without knowing where you are going? It takes faith. . .not in the path but in the One that shows you the way. Am I worthy of your faith? Am I faithful? Have I ever lead you wrong?

Oh, My sweetest child, I know the road you need to take. From my view, I see the peaks and valleys, though you often can only see the next step. You have to trust Me! When I am leading, I will never lead you astray. I know the walls you must climb; I know the places you must see; I know the lonely roads you must endure. Life on earth is never a straight road, nor is it ever completely paved with ease.

You will never find your way without Me. I have your map. I will write it on your heart day by day.

The peaks are often easier than the valleys. You can see so much further - it's a glimpse of the big picture. In valley-times of life, I give you a God-sized view of what is unfolding below. You gain vision, an insight to strengthen your conviction that you must move on.

In valleys, you stumble and even fall. You cross through the flooded roads and see the destruction. So much pain, so much wrong, so much unknown. You may feel so incapable and alone. Walk with Me. I know the way and I will lead you.

Trust me to never let you be destroyed. Hope is found in My pretense, but you must choose to come near. I will never leave you, but I will never force you to stay. I hold you in My open hand, never tightly trapped inside My fist.

As you lend your will to Mine, you will discover the lessons you must learn. I am transforming you into the image of Christ, who I created you to be. You grow by great leaps in the valley. And in time, I will let you see the bigger picture, when your understanding immensely increases in the view of the peak.

But you will always need Me, if you ever want to know your chosen direction. So, take a walk with Me and trust Me every step of the way.

Lindy Abbott 2010

Sleep, Dream, Rest

Dear Child,

I designed sleep for you. You can not live without it. So many of my daughters lack a good night's sleep. When you fill your life with too many responsibilities, it is hard to wind down at night. You feel you can't afford to sleep when you still have so much to get done.

And the quiet - after the family is resting in bed - sparks creativity that is so easily hampered by distractions, interruptions, and demands. You must learn to be aware of Me throughout the day. My Spirit will guide you to do My best.

The world is so noisy. Satan wants to convince you to need more. No day ever has enough minutes to do everything you think you must do. Don't be a slave to a schedule. Spend time with Me first. I will help you unpack your agenda. Don't let the places to go, appointments to keep, events to support, and activities to entertain to keep you from Me.

At night, talk to Me. Let Me help you end your day. Be careful, Satan knows if you don't make time to sleep you will go out of your mind and body can't function properly. You will be slow to make decisions, lack reasoning abilities and your body will began to work against you.

I designed your body not only to sleep, but to dream. Experiences need to be filtered through the dreaming process. Dreams help your unconscious mind to learn, evaluate, sort and store your daily events. Learning to rest is a key to having a meaningful relationship with Me.

Rest in My presence. Be rejuvenated. You will accomplish more kingdom work - what I will you to do - as you learn to sleep, dream and rest. I love you so much, take My best for you.

Lindy Abbott 2010

Beauty

Dear Child,

I have a special name I love to call you - Beauty! As a little girl you  had many dreams. Some were for an wonderful afternoon of play but others you gently folded into the deepest part of your heart as a cherished love letter tucked away for only your eyes. You instinctively knew you were destined to be beautiful, and you longed for the day to reach this ultimate fulfillment - to be known as Beauty.

A pretty Easter dress, pretend dress-up play, Valentine's Day, your daddy's hug, the applause of a recital,  boyfriend crushes, movie dates, a first kiss,  - all awakened this desire in your heart to be loved and known.  It is the mystery to the feminine heart. I gave these desires to you from birth. I destined you to be - Beauty!

Of all the evil plots against women, the one most important to Satan  is to see that you never fulfill your heart dream to be loved and known as beautiful. He tempts you with sex before marriage through movies, songs and an ungodly culture. He offers alcohol and drugs to keep you numb and vulnerable to wrong decisions.  He robs you of your innocence, rips apart your dainty dress, and lowers your self-worth.

He wants you to forget who I made you to be - Beauty! I know you relate. You have looked into the mirror feeling anything but beautiful. You have endured the pain of feeling pushed aside as yesterday's news, full of broken dreams, buried in shame, and wounded. Don't close the door on Me.

Underneath all regret and sorrow, the heart desire I gave you is still there needing to be nurtured back to life. I can pour the living water into your spirit as you turn from these harmful ways and seek to follow My ways. I will wash your feet and you will find the path to walk on that will bring you to the life I have always wanted you to live.You are so important to me; I am swept away by your uniqueness and beauty.

Let me be your Knight in Shining Armour - your Prince - that rescues from the Evil Captive One. Through the cross he has been slain. I long to rescue you to live in My palace and to bask in My royal presence as long your heart desires. Do you see my hand reaching out to you? Grab it so I can lift you up. I will bring you into My kingdom, to a life that is full, vibrant and totally feminine. You, my daughter, are truly a Beauty to behold!

Lindy Abbott 2010

Do You See the Wind?

Dear Child,

Do you feel the wind? Do you see the gentle breeze tickling newly grown leaves on branches of the tallest trees?  Do you hear singing birds returning home with enthusiasm knowing their cycle of life is beginning again? Do you see the array of colors, the immeasurable pallet of  hues sprinkled about the ground in the blossoms of early spring?

Do you smell the fresh air washed by the strong winter storms, bursting forth new supplies of oxygen? Do you recall how a few weeks ago everything remained dormant, but now plants are growing and  providing nourishment for its own grown and others?

Did you think about all these details? Did you time the birds return? Did you tell the buds to bloom? Did you speak the leaves to grow on trees as far as you eyes can see? Did you paint the colors in the sky or call the earth to rotate for a new rising-setting cycle of the sun?

How long did it take you to prepare this masterpiece - a simple early spring day? One day, amongst three million days before today - how much coordination does it take to get it composed into a symphony for your pleasure? You may feel the wind or see the effects of the wind, but only I can see the wind.

My dear daughter, I do all of this for you and so much more. Let me anoint you with your daily filling of the Holy Spirit so that you can see what I see, feel what I feel and be empowered to do supernatural kingdom works I have planned for you. Just as I work out the very tiniest detail of a beautiful spring day, I delight beyond comparison in My purpose I have planned for you.

Walk with Me. Purposefully listen to Me speak. Join Me in the life giving work that I choose specifically for you to do. Make no excuses. I will supply much more than all your weaknesses and inabilities. Come to Me. Be available. Present yourself fully willing as you wait to trust and obey Me. I promise, daughter, no day you ever plan will compare to the one I have prepared for you!

I give you all of My love, the love of a doting Father. It is yours for the taking.

Lindy Abbott 2010

In a Box, On a Shelf

Dear Child,

Where is your Bible? Is it in a box or on some shelf? Does it collect dust or do you use it to collect treasure from Me? Does it bore you, seem irrelevant, hard to apply to your current life or confusing to understand? Is it easy to read a little devotion with a verse or two and some nice words written by a lovely Christian than it is to go to the source of life?

Could it be that you have become spiritually and mentally lazy? This happens when you are given your sustenance without having to work for it. Handouts deaden the desire to be motivated to discover truths for yourself. Ever notice how someone receiving an unemployment check, often stops looking for work. The same happens with food stamps. Who is going to do the hard work of planting a garden and tending to the crop if they can go pick up what they need at the grocery?

If you eat out every day, you have little use for a cookbook. Who rushes to get the book if they have already seen the movie? It is the same with My Word. If you nibble light meals here and there, you get filled on snacking and don't really have the appetite and drive to work on your own dinner. Stop filling yourself with Biblical bon-bons from the latest hot book or TV preacher. Work through the Bible yourself hungry to know who I am and what I desire.

It is time to get your Bible out of the box and dust it off from the shelf, and open it for yourself to see what I have to show you. Bible study with Me is very intimate and personal. One lesson plan doesn't fit all human needs. Come to Me with an open heart and I will direct your time in My Word.

Go open your Bible, and feast on My presence. I love you. You will always have My father's heart for His little girl!

Lindy Abbott 2010

I Hear Your Voice!

Dear Child,

Do you ever wonder how I could possibly hear your voice? In the midst of all the sound in the world, and with all the loud attention-grabbing trouble that's around, how is it plausible? Do you wonder if it really matters at all if you talk to me? Can I really see you when you cry to sleep and do I know the burdens in your heart?

You turn on the news and hear about a child that has been missing. It seems a new accident or natural disaster is constantly being reported. And you see another story about the countries fighting wars. Apparently most leaders can't stop bickering and the people they govern go ignored. So, it is no wonder that you doubt that I can really hear your voice through the noise, cries and needs in the world.

I am not like another. I am the one and only true God. My abilities are limitless and quite higher than a human. Be assured deep within your soul - I Hear Your Voice! As the sheep knows the voice of the shepherd, I clearly hear your whisper. I know the voice of my child, as a mother interrupts the needs based on the tone of the infants whimper. I read the quiet of your heart beneath your words. Not one utter misses my notice, for you have My constant, doting attention. I eagerly await for you to direct your thoughts to Me.

To you, this is simply an impossibility, but never forget, I am God! I can do all things. Nothing is impossible for Me. And to hear your voice, this is one of the greatest things I do because I adore you and I so want a loving relationship with you. So believe Me, when I tell you that I am waiting, and I want to hear from you all through out your day.

Lindy Abbott 2010

Are You a Hypocrite?

Dear Child,

I don't even like asking you this question: "Are You a Hypocrite?"  It seems so ugly, and hurtful. The truth is I know already if you are, but I want you to examine your own heart. Do you know what else is true? The people closest to you, especially those you live and work with know the answer to this question also.

The Pharisees are a clear picture of a hypocrite. They practiced a lifestyle filled with holy rituals. They thought it was enough to do well. I look on the inside. Is your inner life holy? Are you compelled to do what I impress on your heart or do you follow a list of "do's" and "don't"? Have you ever been taught that I seek a relationship, not rituals and sacrifices? 

The Pharisees were very good at religion, masters of religious studies, but still they did not know Me. There is a difference in knowing about Me, and knowing Me. Think about a person that you know some information about like your neighbor or another parent at a ball field or school. You may know where they live, what kind of car they drive, how many children they have, even if they go to church or not . . .but are you related to them. Do you know them as you know your own parents, husband or child?

When you know Me, you are adopted by Me. I am your Father God, you are my child. We are related. The more time we spend together - the better you get to know Me. We have a permanent relationship: Father and daughter. Having a relationship with Me is the beginning.

If you say one thing or act a certain way when "people" are looking and listening, but are frankly different when no one is observing, you really need to take a very honest look at yourself. This is not a surface issue, dealing how you dress, what you eat, and were you go. No, you are going to have to be still and dive into the creases of your heart. The little folds and corners that you don't want light shined into.

Is your heart truly the same on the inside as it appears on the outside?

Lindy Abbott 2010

You Are Accepted

Dear Child,

Focus on what I am going to say, because it is hard to believe. You are accepted by Me. My love for you is not based on what you accomplish or your reputation. You are approved by Me because you have received what Jesus did for you. He finished the requirement you could never achieved for yourself. Once you are justified to be in My presence and you always will be. Your present, past and future is settled.

Every child born into the world has been born into sin; except for Jesus. While you were born from the seed of Adam, Jesus was begotten of the Holy Spirit. No one can be considered good, meaning sinless, not one. I know all about you. I am completely aware of every second of every day of your life. I am attentive to details and familiar with your ways.

I want you to know, I was there. It hurt Me so much because I wanted to step in, to get you to stop, and to wake you up to the truth. I am restrained by your freewill. I created you with an ability to choose for yourself. I wanted you to be able to make a heart decision for Me, for you to want to love Me with all your heart, mind, and spirit.

In knowing everything about you, even the things you can't even bring yourself to completely face, I love you through and through! When I think of you, I don't think of your past or your sin. . .I choose to see you through Jesus in all of His righteousness, Holy without a blemish, absolutely free from sin.

Now listen really close to these next words: How others think about you is irrelevant in My Kingdom. People are so often blind to their own sin. They want to forget they are in the same condition are everyone else, totally and utterly depraved; apart from Jesus no one has any hope of being qualified for heaven. So when someone looks down on you, reminds you of your past, rejects you, or brands you with your sin, look to Me.

I know it hurts, but you have to remember their opinion doesn't count. They may consider you disqualified, unwanted or an embarrassment to the church. I am so sorry they make you feel this way. Just remember, My prodigal girl, you are welcome in My home! And take these words to the core of your soul. . .you are accepted by Me!

My opinion of you is filled with My all-sufficient grace! I am your Father God - the Lawgiver and the Judge. I had the first Word and I will have the last Word! When your name is written in My Book of Life, you are accepted eternally.

Embrace this all the days of your life: "You are accepted! Welcome Home!"

Lindy Abbott 2010

Count The Cost

Dear Child,

There is nothing easier in life than getting saved. It is solely My sovereign work. I say, "Look to Me and be saved." But the cost of discipleship is great, so before you say, "Yes," count the cost. Discipleship requires you to leave your life as you have planned and to wholly follow Me. If you are not willing to forsake everyone and everything else in life, you are not ready for the cost of discipleship.

I do not say these things to discourage you from desiring salvation. I speak them because abandoning all else to Me, losing yourself - your dreams, your pleasures, your glory - must be the cry of your heart. In order to grow closer to Me, you must let go of the things in the world. You will live a life separated unto Me - not your will, but Mine - is the mantra of a Christian's life.

Discipleship requires you to live your life for My pleasure and glory. The earth you live in today is not your home. This is not the place you will have great reward. Your treasures are in your heavenly home. Do not store up earthly treasures that are temporary and worthless for all eternity. The cost to some will be losing a career, to others it will be the rejection of family, and to others it will be imprisonment and tortured. Each of these are the cost of being a believer in Jesus as the truth, the way and the life.

Many will attempt to enter heaven on their own merit, through their choice of people, on their on terms. But this is a cruel deception that gives false hope of eternal security. There is by one name only, Jesus, that you can be saved. No one can come to Me accept through Him.

I want you to have Me. I long for you to know Me. Be warned, the cares and riches of this world will choke out My life in you. Salvation is for everyone, but not everyone is willing to pay the price of discipleship. Have you counted the cost?  Are you following salvation into discipleship, forsaking your life to live fully to Me? Believe Me when I say what I will give you is greater than anything you could gain on your own.

Lindy Abbott 2010

Can You Hear Me

Dear Child,

It is easier for someone deaf to hear Me than someone with hearing. Pause, and re-read this statement. I don't want you to miss my message. I created sounds and ears. Sound and ears are good. On earth everything I created for good is warped by Satan for his purpose. Earth is not the perfect place to hear My voice. Satan has made certain to provide enormous hindrances. Noise is not always good. It can be purposely distracting.

Your ears can hear sounds that are destructive, unnerving, and even painful. While the world provides intrusive clatter, I am speaking to you. Can you hear Me? Do you even know how to listen? My voice is heard without your ears; it is heard in your soul and spirit. Even in loud continual noise, My voice can be clear. Learning to listen for Me takes practice in My presence. You have to be still. Don't lose patience. It is like learning how to tune a radio to the proper station. You will recognize My voice when you hear it, because I dwell with you in Spirit. You must trust Me. It takes faith to hear Me and you must believe what I tell you in the Bible.

When your heart cry is "I believe God!," you will find it easier to hear My voice. You will gain understanding. This is why I say, "Faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the Word of God!" The more you read the Bible, and believe It to be the Truth, you will discover hearing my voice to be as natural as an infant knows its mother's voice.

When you struggle to hear Me, don't become anxious trying to force yourself to imagine what I might be saying. Rest, knowing it is not your work to do. I am the One doing the work for You. Celebrate, knowing that no one can ever take my voice away from you. Satan does not want you to know or believe this. He wants you bombarded with information, sounds and thoughts so that you don't have any waking time to listen to Me. This is why I created you with a hunger and thirst that only I could fill.

Hear Me, I am speaking. I am not silent. Listen for Me.

Lindy Abbott 2010

I Can Reach You

Dear Child,

Even on your darkest or loneliest days, when no one seems to understand or be able to help, I can reach you. I know your need, even before you become aware of it. Turn your heart toward Me and I will overflow you spiritually, as people and the ways of the world never can. I meet you in the secret places of your soul, places so deep your own consciousness may never go.

I am Spirit, not limited by flesh and blood, time or space. While you can't fully grasp all that I am, I  know you completely. And  through Christ, I see you in His righteousness, transformed into His image, the essence of who you really are. In Heaven you will experience life as I created it in the beginning - perfect, sinless, whole. 

There will always be people that just don't get it. They will never comprehend all I created you to be. Rest, knowing your present state is not permanent. Your time on earth is just one star twinkling in the night of eternity. You have so much to look forward to, and so much to live for as you come to know Me and make Me known to others.

Just as I can reach you, I long to reach people from all nations... to fill their empty void, to comfort them in suffering, to bring hope to their total despair. You are never alone in the world. Where ever you go, I am there. Take me to the darkest places in your life and in the world. I will show you by My light the path you should choose. As you follow Me in obedience, I will reach others for My Kingdom through you.

Reaching and filling you is not an end, but a beginning. It is a beautiful harmony of emptiness finding fulfillment, as a desert soaks up a torrential rain.  A creative melody that is to be heard where ever you are. You in Me and Me in you. It is the mystery of life sought for by all who are inquisitive, thirsty, and needy. Many false gods seem appealing, reasonable and good. But I alone am the real God, there is no other besides Me! As people open their hearts to hear My Words, and believe, they will receive Me.

Never forget, I can always reach you! I am everything you need.

Lindy Abbott 2010

Never Met Expectations

Dear Child,

I know you are hurting. It is hard when you know you have blown it, especially when those you love let you know that you could have responded better. Feeling like a failure, you ponder what is the use of trying, giving or living. You hear understanding, love and acceptance when you kneel before Me, but as soon as you get up and try to move on, people in your life are all too ready to correct you and tell you how much you missed the goal in your Christian walk.

You will never be able to be an example of Christ-like perfection. Even in total reliance on Me or more honestly, in casual reliance on Me, the very best you have to offer must be bathed in the covering of My grace. I know you. When I look to you, I see the righteousness of Christ, not all of your shortcomings and failures. I see who you are in Christ and all the wonder I created you to be. Most people don't know how to see others with such great love.

Never see yourself through the eyes of others. See yourself through My eyes, which are so more loving, graceful and able to know the truth of your soul. You weep inward because you disappoint others outwardly. Rarely if ever will you have a person in your life that will see you as I do. The sin in your life that is so easy for others to conquer is not their own sin. Every person struggles with personal failures, and hidden sins. It is easy to boast in areas you do good, and to cover or ignore the deepest struggles of your own will.

Be humble when you sin, confess it, repent and receive My grace. Some people would desire you to go through some kind of purgatory to pay for your sins, but that is not my way. Though people may question your ability to walk in My forgiveness and grace, I don't not want you to wallow in sin or beat yourself up. Once you have repented and received my forgiveness and grace, lift you your head and walk in the mercies that are new each day. Others my try to chain you to pass failures, because you don't meet their expectations, but I sent Jesus in the world so that you would experience freedom from the bondage of sin.

It is easy for sinners to cast stones at others, especially at My children, who are not yet sinless. Don't pretend to be sinless. Remind others that you are a sinner saved by grace, and able to be forgiven and walk in my mercy. The key is to live your life to please Me and My expectations of you.

Live life confident that you are My work in progress. And whether others accept it or not, you - being my child- get to walk in forgiveness and grace. It is a blessing of being My daughter. Don't let others take these blessing from you. Jesus came to earth to live a life as a man so that He may die personally sinless a death of a sinner for all who sin that you might as frequently as needed receive forgiveness, acceptance and beautiful grace from Me, Your Father God.

When you come to Me with a broken and contrite heart, you meet My expectations, and you will leave My presence totally restored. Walk in this truth - and be set free to live unto Me.

Lindy Abbott 2010

Well Done

Dear Child,

I don't judge the way the world does. I look into the heart of each and see who is truly surrendered to live their life under My Lordship. Some will choose to live life selfishly doing what they want, seeking to satisfy their desires or to be "big" in the eyes of others. Dear Child, I want you to live to the fullest. When you live sacrificially, giving your will to Me, you join Me in kingdom work. Trust Me,  I will produce the increase.

You might not be able to see the growth produced in the hearts of others as you serve Me, but in trusting Me, leave the effect of your obedience to Me. I will produce the increase as you walk in faith with Me. Never allow the world's judgment to cloud your obedience remembering that people can't see what I can see, and often they don't know what I have told you. Listen for My voice. I will guide you through life.

You are not in a competition for My love or approval, so don't compare your part in kingdom work to others. I love each of My children without partiality. I want all of my precious children to be conformed daily into the image of Jesus, becoming more single-minded toward Me, separated unto Me.

To be faithful, in surrendering to Me, you must spend time with Me. The things of the world will constantly compete for your attention and heart. This is a competition you must resist in-order to  grow in knowing Me and allowing Me to teach you.  In doing so, you will always be living your life to do My good and perfect will, and  you will hear Me proclaim to you, "Well done, My good and faithful servant! Well done!"

Lindy Abbott 2010

It is a Competition

Dear Child,

So much of life in the world is a competition. You need to be careful how you approach competitions, since they are judged by other people. I don't want you to be a people-pleaser. I do want you to live your life to please Me. Being a winner in My eyes can take the pressure off of worrying about what others say and how they judge.

Don't get Me wrong; competition can be good for many reasons. It helps you to understand that you will be rewarded in heaven for the work you do for Me on earth. Do you remember the parable of the talents in Scripture? Each person was given a different amount of money and the owner returned to see how each used their talents, an amount equal to a yearly wage.

The one given five talents invested it wisely and earned five more. The one given two also invested it wisely and earned two more. But the one give one talent was afraid of losing his portion so he buried it. In life you each have a portion entrusted to you by Me. The way you invest it is important.

If you have a real, personal relationship with Me, you can listen to Me and I will lead you in the ways you can best use what I have given you. When you are obedient to Me you always win, and will be greatly rewarded with more in heaven.

The one who was afraid didn't know Me. He thought I was a hard man. You know I am holy, just and loving, He judged Me without taking time to draw near and develop a relationship with  Me. Even if he would have done the very least with what he had been given, simply putting it in a bank to receive interest, the talent would have had increased. Don't bury what I give you. Use it for Kingdom purposes.

You are only responsible for being faithful with what I give you, so do not compared yourself to what others are given or do. Walking in faith, knowing I will guide you every step of the day as you seek My desire for your life. Rest knowing you are never in a competition for My love. All I have is yours. You are the apple of My eye.

Lindy Abbott 2010