The Lord says: I love you so much. I will work in you and restore and mend you because I love you because I want you to be effective. You are my tool. I want you to be the most effective tool you can be. You are
designed for a purpose. I do not want you rusted out and broken. That is why I call out to you, I woo you in a tool is made to be used not to be clean and beautiful and then to sit on a shelf, not to be left
outside for the elements to rust and destroy so again never be used. The enemy wants you to never be used.
He will do whatever it takes to keep you on a shelf even to the extent of letting you be cleaned so you think you are ready. Nothing is going to hold you back. You are clean, polished, sharpened and well used. Take care of your self so that you can last for a long time, I still have much for you to do. Do not be intimidated by new models that  come out with new methods. 
There is still a need for you, You are still effective and will become more so the more you let Me use you soak and be changed, be oiled (let My Holy Spirit move in you)  Yes, open yourself up to the crazy things I am telling you to do, I have been telling you for a long time. Now is the time to listen You do these little ones and I will give you more to do. Do not let anyone talk you down from the things I will call you to. This is where the adventure begins.  Be faithful in little and I will give you much!

    One day I was feeling sorry for myself because I don’t get thanks from
    those that I am feeding. (It’s hard teaching high schoolers sometimes). 
    Everyone else gets the kudos yet I feel like I pour my whole self into
    them with never a thank you. We are a small school and I didn’t get
    asked to speak at graduation and I realized I probably never will
    because I am like the mom who pushes my students to grow up - I push
    them out of the nest to never return.
    As I was feeling sorry for myself, God said: You are in good company.
    I healed ten lepers yet only one came back to say thank you. You feed
    them  – you give of yourself – that is what I called you – I created
    you to do that –  why do you need thanks? You obey Me no matter what.
    Are You going to give more if you get kudos?  No. The cow gives of
    itself to feed many. That is what it is born to do. It doesn’t
    expect thanks after we eat of it because it is dead. If you were dead,
    you would not need the thanks.
    When we pray before a meal to give thanks for the food – we don’t thank
    the cow for giving up its life for us – we thank the Creator of the cow.
    Do you want the thanks or do you want Me to get the thanks – the glory –
    or the meals you disperse?
  
    This was one of those messages that really hit me hard and I have had to
    constantly go back over and remember that it is time to become a dead
    cow and make sure that I am always pointing to Jesus.
    May He reign in our lives and may others see Him!

    I wait for you to desire Me When you yearn for Me, I will be there in power  
    How much of Me do you want?
    How often will you call on Me, your love?
    Will you depend on Me?
    Will you search for Me in your day?
    Will I just be a part of your early morning; or will you invite Me to the rest of your day?
    Will you look for Me in everything you do?
    Don’t relegate Me to the lyrics from a song that say   “I find you when I fall apart.”
    Expand My territory in your life
    Make Me a part of every waking hour
    Make Me a part of every decision to be made
    Seek Me before you move before you act before a word is on your lips
    When you feel emotions rise up, run to Me to show you how to react
    Ask Me what to say
    
   Allow Me to flow in you for everything
    People will see your peace, your new found joy,  your desire to talk about Me
     Desire to honor Me with everything you do
     Your willingness to serve others above what you want is what  pleases My heart
    I love to watch you give of yourself to meet another’s need
    That is why I must be in everything you do
    You will burn out and complain if you are doing it in your own strength
    If it is just you, you will fail. You will get crabby and demanding
    I want everyone to see your perfect peace and joy daily no matter
    what life throws your way
    For its not about circumstances or the joys or sorrows life offers 
    It’s about Me
    Where am I in the circumstances?
    What am I saying in the hard stuff of life?
    What do I want to do in the pain?
    How do I want to use you?

     When they see Me – I am glorified and My Father is lifted high
    Our name will be praised – We will be famous
    For you are Our ambassador
    Show Us well
    Show Us often
    Depend on Us often and you will be amazed at the end results every time
    You will be able to step back and say, “Wow, that was not me, that  was Him”
    I want you to be able to step back every time you do something and
    say, “Wow, where did that come from? I’m not that good.”
 
    Whether you are speaking or teaching or chatting with a friend or  talking to a stranger.
    Whether you are painting or sewing or drawing.
    Whatever you do, do all for the glory of God
    That is how this verse will be made known in you
    Be patient, I am working it in you
    Relax and wait on Me
    Wait for Me before you move and you will stand amazed.

  Sometimes I feel like broken pottery thrown into a heap of broken pieces.   
  But this is a lie.  God says; I would never discard you to the ash heap.
  No child of mine will be thrown away or set aside to be useless all thei
  day. The world may break you. Life may blow huge holes in your vessel.
  Circumstances will crack you, but now there are so many places where can   
  shine through.
  Many will not let me shine through their broken places.  They are ashamed
  and embarrassed by the cracks and slivers they have obtained in life. 
  But everyone has cracks. Everyone has broken places. If you don’t have
  broken places, would you ever come to Me? Would I ever be able to mae you
  more glorious than you ever thought you could be? Or would you be sitting
  on a shelf thinking you are so grand? It’s the broken ones that I fix that
  will far outshine any lovely piece with no cracks. 
  Now you have a choice. You can remain, a broken, unused vessel, it is your
  choice. Or you can come to me and let me heal you and restore all the
  broken places. I can, you know.
  Be warned though, you may not look the same when I am done with you but
  you will look like Me. I will fill all the broken places with Me. So not
  only will you be able to be used but you will be more beautiful than when
  you started and they will see Me! The more brokenness restored, the more
  they will see Me.  Remember, the greater the struggle, the more glorious 
  the triumph! (Go to youtube and watch “The Butterfly Circus”)   
  Will you be a lovely untouched vessel on a shelf?
  Will you be a broken, cracked vessel lying in a heap refusing to be fixed?
  Or will you let me touch all your broken places and restore you to a
  greater glory than you can ever imagine?
  May we let Him fix us so we may shine for Him!

 
  Did you ever see a tree after it has been soaked with rain?  As the wind  blows, it drops rain from its branches.  That’s how I want you to be.  Spend time with Me and I will fill you up so you are drenched with Me.  Then when the winds blow you will rain Me down on others.  (This is so different from the picture of the cup that gets bumped and we  ask what spills out. This has always felt so negative.)   If you are drenched in Me, you can only spill out Me. What else? You have  never really walked in this. You have had times of sitting with Me. Now, My lamb, come to the water and be filled with Me daily. Stir up the  oil and let Me renew and replace so it stays fresh in you. The oil inside  – Me in you – that’s what this is all about. Let Me set you on fire.
 Warm oil washing over you brings cleansing. Cold oil is dead – there is no  life in it.
  
 Like oil from a bottle, we try to package up an experience with God and  see how long it can last and try to pour out the old oil from years ago and wonder why it has no effect. You cannot bottle up the old to use later like manna.  There is no life in it. It has to be fresh daily, sometimes hourly!  Sit and let Me pour in the warm oil to every part of you. Others will come and nest in your branches for there is safety there.  Some will sit at  your feet just to receive from the drops of the branches.   Do not disappoint them.  Stay filled with me so that your branches and  leaves will always be drenched and ready to drench others.

  We see the little pieces of what you are doing.
  You give us glimpses into your plan and we get bent out of shape when we
  don’t understand you.
  But you are God, so who says You ever have to show us anything?  And yet
  You do!
  You open our eyes – You show us glimpses of your plan. And that’s a good
  thing that we only see a little.  We could never comprehend if we saw it  all.
  We would run before we should. But  false starts don’t win the race.
  Trust means always knowing He knows the plan and resting in the knowledge
  that it’s okay if I don’t. Being able to sleep while someone drives to our
  destination knowing they know how to get there.  That’s trust. Can I sit
  back and rest knowing He knows the way for me?
  Maps don’t give you the total picture. You don’t know what businesses
  you’ll pass, what trees will be in the area, which parks are the most
  beautiful or what restaurant has the best pie.  And yet, if you follow the
  map you will get to your destination so you really don’t need to know
  every detail.
  You know the basics if you’ve read your road map (the Bible) so follow the
  roads but don’t forget to keep your eyes open as you journey.  The
  unknowns can be the most beautiful parts.
  Don’t be so focused on the road that you miss Me in all the other places.
  Most people don’t take a road trip and later talk about how great the road
  was. They will talk about the beauty of the sunset, the trees as they
  change color or the lake they passed. Once you’ve experienced it, you will
  want to go back and see it again.
  Follow My road map (the Bible) and then open your eyes and drink in all I
  will show you along the way.  There is so much I want you to see.
  Sometimes your greatest sorrow, Sometimes your greatest joy.
  Trust that I know which one to bring at what time. It is all part of the  
  molding process.
  Let every area of clarity, every area where you get a glimpse of my plan
  be like a ladder supporting you until you get to the next area of
  understanding.
 Remember I am there. Even in the gaps where you cannot see.
 TRUST. Go to sleep and let me drive the car. I will take you on the
 greatest adventure!

 

  Sometimes I feel like broken pottery thrown into a heap of broken pieces.  

  But this is a lie.  God says; I would never discard you to the ash heap.

  No child of mine will be thrown away or set aside to be useless all their

  day. The world may break you. Life may blow huge holes in your vessel.

  Circumstances will crack you, but now there are so many places where I can  

  shine through.

  Many will not let me shine through their broken places.  They are ashamed

  and embarrassed by the cracks and slivers they have obtained in life.

  But everyone has cracks. Everyone has broken places. If you don’t have

  broken places, would you ever come to Me? Would I ever be able to make you

  more glorious than you ever thought you could be? Or would you be sitting

  on a shelf thinking you are so grand? It’s the broken ones that I fix that

  will far outshine any lovely piece with no cracks.

  Now you have a choice. You can remain, a broken, unused vessel, it is your

  choice. Or you can come to me and let me heal you and restore all the

  broken places. I can, you know.

  Be warned though, you may not look the same when I am done with you but

  you will look like Me. I will fill all the broken places with Me. So not

  only will you be able to be used but you will be more beautiful than when

  you started and they will see Me! The more brokenness restored, the more

  they will see Me.  Remember, the greater the struggle, the more glorious

  the triumph! (Go to you to be and watch “The Butterfly Circus”)  

  Will you be a lovely untouched vessel on a shelf?

  Will you be a broken, cracked vessel lying in a heap refusing to be fixed?

  Or will you let me touch all your broken places and restore you to a

  greater glory than you can ever imagine?

  May we let Him fix us so we may shine for Him!

  Did you ever see a tree after it has been soaked with rain? 
    As the wind blows, it drops rain from its branches. 
    That’s how I want you to be.
    Spend time with Me and I will fill you up so you are drenched with Me.
    Then when the winds blow you will rain Me down on others.
    This is so different from the picture of the cup that gets bumped
    and we ask what spills out. This has always felt so negative.
    If you are drenched in Me, you can only spill out Me. What else?
    You have never really walked in this.
    You have had times of sitting with Me.
    Now, My lamb, come to the water and be filled with Me daily.
    Stir up the oil and let Me renew and replace so it stays fresh in you.
    The oil inside – Me in you – that’s what this is all about.
    Let Me set you on fire.
    Warm oil washing over you brings cleansing.
    Cold oil is dead – there is no life in it.
    Like oil from a bottle, we try to package up an experience with God
    and see how long it can last and try to pour out the old oil from
    years ago and wonder why it has no effect.
    You cannot bottle up the old to use later like manna. 
    There is no life in it.
    It has to be fresh daily, sometimes hourly!
    Sit and let Me pour in the warm oil to every part of you.
    Others will come and nest in your branches for there is safety there.
    Some will sit at your feet just to receive from the drops of the branches.
    Do not disappoint them.  Stay filled with me so that your branches and
    leaves will always be drenched and ready to drench others.