Life’s many problems and worries have pulled you away from Me. Your self-doubt and fear of failure have weakened your faith that I hear your prayers and am concerned and want to help you. But I’m telling you now that these doubts and the discouragement and depression they lead to are not from Me. They are straight from the enemy of your soul, the Devil. He wants to beat you down and destroy your happiness, but I want to rescue you and lift you up and make you happier than you ever dreamed possible. I want to give you a new start.

          When you feel discouraged over some mistake you’ve made or the way you are, remember that I specialize in using weak, fallible people to show My love to the world. I allowed the disappointments and setbacks you’ve experienced over the years in order to make you more gentle, more compassionate, more understanding of others’ weaknesses and problems—more like Me—so you can be a bigger help to them.

          So you see, even deep dark experiences are good for you, and it doesn’t need to stop there. If you will put yourself into My hands and be soft and moldable, like clay in the hands of a master potter, I will remake you. I will take your broken dreams, your heartaches, your disappointments, and with My hands of love make you into a better “pot.” It may not be as grand or beautiful or perfect as what you had in mind, but it will be perfect in My sight, perfect for the role I have for you to play here, and perfect for your place in My heavenly kingdom.