EZEKIEL 39:25-29
Therefore, thus says the Lord God: Now I will restore the fortunes of Jacob, and have mercy on the whole house of Israel; and I will be jealous for my holy name. They shall forget their shame, and all the treachery they have practised against me, when they live securely in their land with no one to make them afraid, when I have brought them back from the peoples and gathered them from their enemies’ lands, and through them have displayed my holiness in the sight of many nations. Then they shall know that I am the Lord their God because I sent them into exile among the nations, and then gathered them into their own land. I will leave none of them behind; and I will never again hide my face from them, when I pour out my spirit upon the house of Israel, says the Lord God.
---- mine,
Once again, ---- my own, I am assuring you again as I have done these past days, that your children will come home to Me, abide with Me, and never be separated from Me again. I will lead them, I will guide them, I will take their hand in My own and I will gently draw them back to the place that they until now have rejected. I have heard your prayers. I have watched you weep. I know your heart is broken because they have strayed from the path that leads to life, light, truth, goodness, beauty, and eternal peace and joy in My love. But I assure you once more be not afraid. Do not allow your thoughts to disturb you or make you anxious. I AM God and I keep My promises. I desire that they come home to Me. The Father desires that all those who are Mine shall never be taken from Me - they are Mine. As members of My Body through Baptism, they will return from the place of exile where they have so long wandered in ways that lead to darkness, sadness, and a restless spirit. Raise your head, dry your eyes, lift up your hands in praise and thanksgiving for I the Lord your God, the Good Shepherd will bring your loved ones back to the flock where they will lie down in green pastures, drink deeply of the streams of living water never to roam in the wilderness again.
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