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Beloved, you called to Me and asked for mercy, and without fail I answered you, and I imparted unto you My salvation. Yet soon thereafter, you turned your face from Me, continuing in your old ways, and looking to your old loves. Why have you dealt so treacherously with Me when I have been so faith­ful to you? Do you not know that I can and will give you so much more than all others?1 I want only to give. I want only to bless. Yet when I come to embrace you, a knife of deceit is in your hand. I draw you near to Me, and a dagger of unfaithful­ness proceeds from you...