Self Effort

Child, there are many rivers and valleys I have watched you cross in your own strength and effort throughout the seasons of time. When you struggled, how strongly I desired to lift you up.  But you did not remember Me nor perceive My nearness.  You chose instead, to make your own way and weary yourself through self effort.

When you saw you were not able, you still did not call on Me, but again chose to look to man for help. You did not perceive the nearness of your Father at every turn. You did not even know your need for a Father, but walked as one alone.

Now you know of My faithfulness, How I reached out and touched you when your heart was made tender through trials and tribulations~when you were weary from the vanity of your own way.

Now you have come to the beginning of knowing Me as Father, and your need of Me~for I surely Am your strength. It is a new beginning, and I say, just the beginning. For I am opening doors that have long been closed and sealed. With patience have I waited for you to recognize Me as your Father, and that which I have opened will not again be closed.