- Father, thank You for the blessing of Your deep presence and healing. Thank You that Your Goodness surrounds me and I see Your Love running to meet me at every turn. Yesterday, I saw seven or eight empty birds' nests high in the bare trees. Is there any significance to them... something You want to show me regarding them? 

+Twig by twig, I guided those little birds to build their nests high in the trees. It was their diligent joy...obeying without question, the Father's command. They were preparing for the new life to come. Now, that season is over and the nests belong to another season...one that is gone. Unfettered, the birds have moved on. This is a little sign of their obedience and trust. Birds only know now...today. They are cared for moment by moment by a Love that provides all their needs. They are a picture of freedom. They fly. They sing. They belong to their Creator, Who has designed them...each feather tailor-made...for flight. 

You, My beloved, are My little songbird. I have designed you to be unique and free. I have designed you to sing your heart out to Me. I have created you for flight. ..to soar in the freedom that was purchased for you as the Great and Perfect Gift of your life. You have assembled the little twigs of your heart and created places designed for the seasons before you. You have used the gifts I've given and waited for life to emerge. Each nest you made with love and with an eye to My design... listening all the while to hear My still small Voice saying, "This is the way." Now, I am teaching you to live a life of freedom and ease...of confidence in the constancy of the Father's loving care. I'm teaching you to let go of all the encumbrances that might hold you back and down. ..restrain your flight and muffle the song that must be released. All your nests have produced life, but they do not belong to today. The Kingdom is eternally NOW and the sweet mystery that is Your resting place, your nest forever, is right in the Father's Hand. Now, you need not build, but merely rest in the sweet goodness that is yours. This is the Gift. I have come that you might have Life. Relax, beloved, and live in this Perfect Love that knows no bounds, that is unfailing and completely yours forever and ever.     

-Speak to me, oh Lord of my heart. More than anything, I want to live with a high consciousness of Your Presence today. Open my eyes to see You. Open my ears to hear Your voice.

+So, you have moved to this little cottage that is a shadow of what it is going to be. You love it now, but you are going to bust it wide to the sun. You are already seeing it with eyes of faith. You look at a wall but you see the window that will soon be there. This, My love, is a perfect illustration of how I am transforming you! Blessings that are walled out because of forces you don't understand are soon to be yours. The walls are going to be replaced - busted through - to bring in the light of My goodness and glory. The places where you feel lost and closed off will be the very places I light up! Oh, you are going to have fun! Think of the joy the Father has as He tears down the old and rebuilds you in His Love. As you can already feel the sun pouring in the windows that aren't there yet, so He sees you basking in the freedom He purchased for you! Every time you look at the future of this house, you see what it is going to be...what you've planned from the start. This, My love, is what redemption looks like...the substance of things to come...seeing the things that are not as though they are. This, My love, is why you can be filled with expectation and praise ...right here...right now...before a single wall has been touched. When you view your life according to the plans I have for you - to prosper you and give you hope - you already enjoy the finished product. It already exists in My mind. It is the fruit of the cross.
This is why a thankful heart advances the recognition of your perfect Father's love at every turn. The eyes of your heart are open and hope carries you through the day with joy. So rejoice...rejoice! Your Father has just begun to show you even more of the Kingdom. Stand in awe. You are on holy ground!