I want to do a beautiful work.

"He is a chosen vessel of Mine to bear My name." Acts 9:15

"You are Mine.  You are not your own.  

With a great price I have purchased you for Myself.  

I am not dismayed that you do not comprehend, but I say that if you will listen to Me, 

I will reveal to you more fully so that you may know more clearly how vital you are to My purpose.  

There is work to be done, and I need you as a vessel through which to work.  

Not a vassal, but a vessel  I want to do a beautiful work."

I need an individual to use who is not only available and suitable, 

But who loves Me in such a way as to enhance My creation.  

I desire not the kind of loyalty a soldier gives to his country, 

But a dedicated devotion of the type of love a mother feels toward her unborn child.

There will be inconveniences to be borne, 

self-pleasing to be laid aside, 

sacrifices and pain--but what a blessed reward I have in store!  

Yes, in store for you, if you are able to let Me use you the way I desire.

You are not unworthy; you are not unprepared.  

You have no reason to hold back unless your love for Me is too small.  

If this is the only hindrance, draw closer to Me, and 

I will pour My love out upon you so that your affection for Me may be deepened and perfected.  

Lo, I wait for you.  

Come to me."

Francis J. Roberts