I have been reading "Hinds' Feet on High Places Devotional" by Hannah Hurnard and Darien B. Cooper. It is one of my favorites! It is a beautifully told allegory of our walk coming to faith as believers, personifying the journey in some really unique ways and characters. I relate so much to the main character 'Much Afraid' as she is on her journey.
One little statement from a reflection page has really been working on me. It says, "God loved you before He called heaven and earth into existence." And that little statement wrecks everything.
He loved me before I did. He loved me before I was. Before I ever succeeded or failed at anything. Before I made that huge mistake. Before I scored perfectly on that test. Before that terrible decision. Before I had faith. Before my body was formed. Before I took a breath. Before I took a step. Before I (fill in the blank of everything I look to in order to qualify me or that I use to disqualify myself of his love).
When I really let that sink in, what that does is help me to release control.
Because there is nothing that I can do, am doing, or have done that made him love me or will make him love me less. There is nothing I am, was, or will be that made him love me or will make him love me less. He already loved me before I even knew me.
If i truly live in the truth of that, I live fully submitted to him and not tied to the things here. I have always been loved and will always be loved.
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