The Process by Tammy Lang Jensen

Are you a diamond in the rough, are you a pearl in the making. Both are lovely precious jewels, but both require a process. Time, friction and agitation, a season of being uncomfortable. Many of my children want the gifts, visions, and dreams; without the process.

There is a time for everything and a season for every activity under the heavens: A time to be born, and a time to die, a time to plant, and a time to up root, a time to kill and a time to heal, a time to tear down and a time to build, a time to weep and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance.... a time to keep silent, and a time to speak, a time of war, and a time of peace (Ecclesiastes 3:1-8). I will move you when it is time, I will hold you still when necessary.

If you dash off without the lesson, you may stumble and fall. For a just man falleth seven times, and riseth up again (Proverbs 24:16). Like a phoenix you will rise from the ashes of despair. Like the Golden Gate Bridge, you will reach across great bodies of water. People will be joined together by my word. People will be taught by my teachers, and pastors will protect their flock. My evangelist will call forth the broken, and my prophets will guide the way. My apostles will govern the body with love, affection, and Godly discipline (Ephesians 4:11-16). You have all been refined and polished.

You have become the most precious of jewels in my sight (Malachi 3:17), fit to be placed in the crown of a king. The name above all names, the King above all Kings (Acts 4:12). The one true living God, Yahweh, Yahweh, we worship at your feet (Jeremiah 10:10). Let the Holy Spirit be a bright and consuming fire. Bringing light to every dark and hidden place. Where the spirit of the living God is, no evil can survive (Romans 8:9)....