SMALL STRAWS IN A SOFT WIND BY MARSHA BURNS: Forgiveness is the order of the day. Yes, you have been wounded by words and actions of others, but the self-pity and bitterness will devour your soul and cut you off from the sweetness of relationship with Me, says the Lord. You can do nothing about what has transpired, but you can proceed with the relief and cleansing that is the result of letting go.

Ephesians 4:30-32 And do not fret the Holy Spirit of God, in which you were sealed for the day of release by ransom! All bitterness and rage and anger and roaring and blasphemy take away from you with all evil! And be gracious, compassionate, to one another, granting to each other, as also God granted to us in Christ!

December 9, 2023. In my spirit’s eye, I see someone twirling and twirling! The Lord says, “Yes! This is My desire! That you be filled up with so much delight that in order to function properly you have to TWIRL!” Oh the true desire of a good Father is to see His children behaving well and full of joy. “My children, in My presence is the Fullness of Joy. Choose today to be consumed by Me and TWIRL!”

Romans 15:13 “Now may God, the fountain of hope, fill you to overflowing with uncontainable joy and perfect peace as you trust in Him. And may the power of the Holy Spirit continually surround your life with His super-abundance until you radiate with hope!” Robin Robinson Bohlin

December 9, 2023. I call you My friend. I sent My Son to the earth in order to restore relationship with YOU! Do you not understand that My greatest desire is for you to love Me and worship Me? Allow Me to be the object of your attention. Believe that you are My chosen. You, as one who allowed My Spirit to indwell you, having been grafted into the seed of Abraham with ALL of the blessings that are his.

Romans 11:17-18 “But if some of the branches were broken off and you being a wild olive tree were engrafted in them and became fellow-partakers of the root and the fatness of the olive tree, glory not over the branches! But if you gloried over them, know that you do not bear the root, but the root bears you.” Jonas Bohlin

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SMALL STRAWS IN A SOFT WIND BY MARSHA BURNS: You have had to endure some setbacks and disappointments, but I remind you that all things work together for good in the long run. Do not settle yourself in the mode of defeat, but learn from the past and move forward with resolution to not make the same mistakes. Remember that you can ask for wisdom, says the Lord.

Romans 8:28 But we know that all things work together for good to the ones loving God, to the ones who are being called according to His purpose.

December 8, 2023. You say, “Can I trust my heart?” I say, “Yes, child, if you are walking in My ways and steering yourself from unrighteousness.” I want you to be full of confidence and never wavering. Listen to My guidance and counsel. Tune your ears to hear Me as I speak to your heart. You no longer have a hardened heart, you have a soft, pliable, listening heart. Go ahead and do whatever I have put in your heart to do.

Ezekiel 36:26 “Moreover, I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; and I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh.”

2 Corinthians 3:3 “You show that you are a letter from Christ, the result of our ministry, written not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but on tablets of human hearts.” Robin Robinson Bohlin

December 8, 2023. The world tells us happiness is found doing whatever feels good, so do what makes you happy. The Lord says today, “Stop being a pleasure seeker. Everything you need is found in Me. When you know Me, you will find all the pleasure you need. Your feelings will lie to you so do not give into what feels good. Do not pursue the things of the flesh. Come into My presence, come into My joy, allow Me to give you the happiness you are so desperately seeking.”

Romans 12:2 “So here’s what I want you to do, God helping you: Take your everyday, ordinary life – your sleeping, eating, going-to-work and walking-around life – and place it before God as an offering. Embracing what God does for you is the best thing you can do for Him. Don’t become so well-adjusted to your culture that you fit into it without even thinking. Instead, fix your attention on God. You’ll be changed from the inside out. Readily recognize what He wants from you and quickly respond to it. Unlike the culture around you, always dragging you down to its level of immaturity, God brings the best out of you, develops well-formed maturity in you.” Pam Jackson

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SMALL STRAWS IN A SOFT WIND BY MARSHA BURNS:
Settle yourself and take control of your wandering mind. Focus your attention on what is instead of what might be. Otherwise, you will waste time on things that will never happen. Live each moment in the confidence that I am as close as your breath and all you have to do is ask what you will and I will answer, says the Lord.

Matthew 6:34 Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about its own things. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.

December 7, 2023. Do you not know or have you not heard it – that I will give you the desires of your heart? When you earnestly seek Me, the greater things will come. Then why do you continue to confess your lack, or think on the lesser things? Set your mind on following, pursuing, chasing after Me and watch your world change. I am the prize and you will be the winner!

Psalm 37:4 “Revel in the LORD! that He should give to you the requests of your heart.” Robin Robinson Bohlin

December 7, 2023. 90 years and 9 months ago as of yesterday’s date, the President of the United States of America said these words, “The only thing we have to fear is fear itself - nameless, unreasoning, unjustified terror which paralyses needed efforts to convert retreat into advance.” I heard the Lord say very clearly, “Do not FEAR for I AM with you.” If you are in fear today, then you have NOT obeyed God. He says, “Do not fear.” Regardless of where you are walking, be it the “shadow of death” or some other imposing giant in your life, ALWAYS acknowledge the presence of God, so fear can leave you.

Psalm 23:4 “For if even I should go in the midst of the shadow of death, I shall not be afraid of evils, for You are with me; Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me."

Psalm 56:3-4 “I do not fear the day and I shall hope upon You. In God I will praise by my words. Upon God I hoped. I shall not fear what flesh shall do to me.” Budd Rodgers

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SMALL STRAWS IN A SOFT WIND BY MARSHA BURNS: Refuse to allow these hectic times to keep you from doing your best. Conditions can be daunting, but you can access supernatural endurance to overcome every obstacle. I am your very present help in times of trouble, says the Lord. Believe it and receive it.

Psalm 46:1-5 Our God is a refuge and power; a helper in afflictions, to the ones exceedingly having found us. On account of this we shall not fear when the earth is disturbed and mountains are transposed in the hearts of seas. Their waters sounded and were disturbed; the mountains were disturbed by His force. The rapid movements of the river gladdens the city of God. The highest sanctified His tent. God is in the midst of her and she shall not be shaken. God shall help her towards morning by morning.

December 6, 2023. What price are you willing to pay to follow Me? Are you willing to give up your reputation, are you willing to look foolish to the world? My son endured scorn and ridicule, are you willing to do that? For it is the foolish of the world who will confound the wise. You can either fit in with the world or stand out for Me. Are you willing to be foolish for Me?

1 Corinthians 1:27 “Instead, God has deliberately chosen to use ideas the world considers foolish and of little worth in order to shame those people considered by the world as wise and great. And the weak of the world God chose, that the strong should be disgraced.” Robin Robinson Bohlin

December 6, 2023. Allow Me to prosper your soul. As your soul prospers, so will you. I AM is here to heal your soul. Let Me into the very depths of your soul, into the secret places. I AM your Daddy God who loves you and cares for you in ways no one else can. Trust Me, My child. I have far more for you than you have asked for or even dreamed of. Let Me heal your soul.

3 John 1:2 “Beloved, concerning all things I make a vow for you to prosper and to be in health, as your soul prospers.” Jennifer Peikert

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SMALL STRAWS IN A SOFT WIND BY MARSHA BURNS:
When you get overwhelmed, dumping down into self-pity does not help. You need to be quiet and calm your inner turmoil. Be pragmatic instead of entertaining theoretical considerations. Maintain sensibility as you consider your options and stay present with Me, says the Lord.

Isaiah 30:15a For thus says the Lord God, the Holy One of Israel: In returning and rest you shall be saved; in quietness and confidence shall be your strength.

December 5, 2023. How can life be this good, you say? Enjoy this time of euphoria. Don’t be expecting things to go badly. When you have joy, you are really entering into My Kingdom. Jesus endured the cross with joy, knowing the final result. Even in the midst of bad you can CHOOSE to set your mind on good and disregard the negative. Try it, I think you’ll like it.

Hebrews 12:2 “looking to Jesus the head and perfection of the belief Who, instead of the joy being situated before Him, endured the cross, disdaining the shame and at the right of the throne of God has sat.” Robin Robinson Bohlin

December 5, 2023. I heard the Lord say, “Take care of business. Do not let your business be unfinished or go undone.” The Lord has given us victory over the evil one. Yet we must individually appropriate those victories in our lives through His Word and by His Spirit. As the Ecclesia of God, we are to prevail against the gates of hell. Gates are defensive, but the church (Ecclesia) is on the offensive. Don’t wait around for the devil to attack you. You take the fight to him until he “flees” from you.

Psalm 18:32,34,37- 42 “God is the one girding me with power and makes my way unblemished; teaching my hands for war; and You made my arms as the bow of brass; I shall pursue my enemies and overtake them; and I will not return until whenever they should cease. I shall squeeze them and in no way should they be able to stand; they shall fall under my feet. And you girded me in power for war; you bound hand and foot all the ones rising up against me underneath me. And You gave to me the back of my enemies; and the ones detesting me you utterly destroyed. They cried out to the LORD and there was no one delivering and He did not hear them. And I will make them as fine as dust against the face of the wind; as mud in the squares I will grind them.” Budd Rodgers

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