+  You are at a ball…an outdoor ball, with a glass dancefloor that is in front of a lake which is backed by lush, green mountains. The whole setting is filled with flowers...a warm breeze….dazzling sun and gorgeous music that fills the air. You are in a ball gown made of grace…shimmering and twirling light as you move. You feel beautiful,  loved and free. Someone approaches you and tells you that there is a little dark cloud with a bit of rain on the perimeter of the estate waiting to come in and get you wet. You take a spin to the joyous music and say, “Send the cloud to my little triumph garden of overpowered weeds growing out in the back.” It isn’t invited to the party and it is not given entrance! You forget all about the dark cloud as it disappears from view. You are too full of Joy and Exuberance and Expansiveness to even notice its disappearance!

 -  The Lord told me that the above is a great picture of my secret place. It is the best place to live out of!

   +  Beloved…as you contemplate this picture of your secret place where you can experience how loved you are…how I am in you and you are in Me, I am now expanding your vision to include a wider lens, and yet, a more intimate shot …a close up! This dancefloor is an image of You living in/with Me. It is an image of you being held and guided by your best Partner.  Now, I tell you there is another place I want to share with you and, as I take you away from the dancefloor, the music fades into the background. (It never totally fades because it is the singing of worshipping angels that is ever present.) Now…. we are still together in this new quiet place and you are able to pour out any and all disappointments, discouragements, hurts and sins on to Me. They come freely because you are unselfconscious. You know that I know and love everything about you. There is nothing to hide. It is here…in this deep quiet warm glen (the cleft in the rock) where I speak tenderly and to your heart. It is here where I exchange all weakness into strength…all sorrow into joy…all disappointments into satisfaction.  Here is another secret place of freedom and healing where you can be filled and freed as you are meant to be. Here, you hear the love in my voice and you know it is forever. I want you to come here often. I wait with open arms for your seeking heart. Healing and Joy and Freedom are yours for the taking. So come, My bride. Come and let Me show you the love that I won for you.  This is the Joy that was set before Me…I long for you to fully enter into it.