Good day, good people. Welcome to Voice of America. I'm Derek Thomas. The word of the Lord that I heard is the word legitimacy. Marked by the world, I redeem you and I call you mine, says the Lord. I redeem the times and call you mine. Hated? Betrayed? I restore the missing pieces and I call you mine. You. who have endured the fire and the flood. I set you on high in the secret place and I call you mine. Come to me, says the Lord, for today is your day of redemption.
I place an exit door in your situation and make a way of escape. I take the cycles of your life and I turn them into turnarounds with three ways of escape. No longer will you run into the rocks as your life sails on the sea. No more projecting of fear. Arise, my son, arise, my daughter, for I am cleansing you with my blood. I am redeeming your mind, your emotions, your heart, and I am washing you with my love.
and cleansing you with my blood, mending the brokenness, even brokenness caused by trauma. Arise. Son and daughter, arise, be healed, for you are legitimate. You are not an orphan. You are not replaceable. I am your father, says the Lord, and I call you mine.