Letters to Pearl

6/3

A Sweet Fragrance

Cooperate with Me by accepting the trials that demand exercises in patience with humility. When you submit to these circumstances, you open the doors of peace and trust. Those around you will absorb the glow of your settled calmness like a dry sponge absorbs water. Psalm 27:1 The LORD is my light and my salvation—whom shall I fear? The LORD is the stronghold of my life—whom shall I dread? James 1:2-4 Consider it pure joy, my brothers, when you encounter trials of many kinds, 3 because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance. 4 Allow perseverance to finish its work, so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything. 1 Peter 5:7 Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you. Philippians 4:13 I can do all this through him who gives me strength. 2 Corinthians 2:14- 15 14 But thanks be to God, who always leads us triumphantly as captives in Christ and through us spreads everywhere the fragrance of the knowledge of Him. For we are the sweet fragrance of Christ [which exhales] unto God, [discernible alike] among those who are being saved and among those who are perishing:

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Becoming a friend of God

No one shares the depths of their heart with strangers, acquaintances, coworkers, or shallow friends or relatives. You share your heart according to the mutual depth of trust and loyalty. This trust and loyalty must be tested and proven over time, before you will open up and make yourself completely vulnerable and share the innermost thoughts of the deep places within you. This is My desire for you and Me. Psalm 25:4 The secret counsel of the LORD is for those who fear Him, and He reveals His covenant to them. James 2:23 And the Scripture was fulfilled that says, “- Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness,” and he was called a friend of God. Genesis 5: 24 Enoch walked with God; and he was not, for God took him. 6-4

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