How many times can I repost that Treadmill bit?
Because I find myself there so often it seems that perhaps I should just schedule it on repeat (is that possible?) so that it pops up quarterly (monthly? daily?) and reminds me to keep running.
I don’t have anything new to share with you today. There are some things, a lot of things, mulling around in this mind. Most of it has to do with sin, repentance, the flesh, faith … you know, just nice light stuff like that. *smile* None of it is Monday-morning peptalk material. Besides, stuff has to steep a lot in this girl’s heart before she’s ready to share.
But I prayed and asked the Father what He wanted to say to you, and all I could hear back in my heart, again and again:
“Tell them I love them.”
That’s it?
“Tell them I love them.”
Anything else? Verse reference? Anything specific?
“Tell them I love them.”
Ok, so, here goes:
God loves you.
He loves you.
The reason He calls us to repentance, to turn from sin, to do hard things, to be part of community, to flee from idols, to lay down our lives, to embrace suffering, to believe Him for crazy miraculous answers to pray when everyone around us calls us idiots, the reason He asks us to be uncomfortable, the reason He leads us away from the easy road and into the narrow, steep, windy, path … the reason is, He loves us.
When we make choices to turn away from Him, we tragically miss out on the love of God.
If we’re far from Him, He’s not the one who moved.
Maybe today, instead of another mental checklist of all the ways you’ll better yourself, of all the ways you’ll “do better” this week, maybe just meditate on the life-transforming love of God, as revealed to us in His Word.
You love never fails, never gives up, never runs out on me.
On and on and on and on it goes. And it overwhelms and satisfies my soul.
And I never ever have to be afraid.
This one thing, remains.
{He loves you. Happy Monday. Thanks for reading.}
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Well I’m so glad you listened to what He told you to say today, because it knocked me over the head…I took a spiritual gifts/personality (DISC survey) at our church this weekend, and my pattern looked nothing like any of the examples. My husband pointed to the bottom of the page for the: Above midline blend (me),
“May indicate a strong desire to overachieve. ‘It is God who works in us, both to will and do of His good pleasure.’ Phil 2:13. You may be thinking too highly of what is expected of you or the real you. Remember Peter.”
So, I pushed that all aside and this morning and went full blast to knock out the list and go, go, go…until I read your post, which stopped me in my tracks (with tears)…remembering He loves me and only wants my love in return. Thanks Kari.