February 15, 2009
I am slow to anger. Patience is My middle name. I want you to know this. I don’t want you to be so hard on yourself. I am not hard on you. I see your heart. I see and long for it to be at peace. I long for you to know that I am working in your surrendered heart and My work is good; it is always good.
So, beloved, regard this attribute of Mine with a thankful heart and rest in it. Rest in the knowledge that I am NOT a heavy-handed God who delights in crashing down on His beloved children. I take delight in saying these words to you in a gentle fashion: “Here is the way, walk ye in it.” And if you don’t respond to My prompting, I don’t lose My temper. I look on you with compassion, believing that you will get it the next time, or maybe even the next….
heavy-handed – cruel, oppressive, tyrannical
Isaiah 30:21 And thine ears shall hear a word behind thee, saying, This is the way, walk ye in it, when ye turn to the right hand, and when ye turn to the left.