One Match Can Change Everything

I am so touched at the nearness of the Lord. The more I follow Him, the more real He is. The more dear He is. The more I see Him, the more I love Him. Yet, how little I truly know Him. I long to know Him more for I do not know Him enough nor will I ever know Him enough. There is nothing in this world that could ever replace the sheer beauty of one moment of intimacy with Him. 

He is the only person I have ever found that is worth laying down everything for. He is the only one worth going to the stake and burning for. The beauty of saying yes when He asks, "Will you burn for me?" is that like the three Hebrew guys who walked into the fire, you find Him in the flames. As you are burning, or being warmed by the fire you stand in, you see Him and how can you not love Him? Sometimes the worst part you find is the part where you had to walk into the fire because once you are in it, you see Him. No one else is there with you. It is just you and Him and you see how glorious He truly is. Maybe just maybe He will smile at you and say, "I knew you'd come." for He knows you love Him. He knows. It doesn't matter whether you walk out of the flames untouched or you stay there until you completly burn away for either way you are with Him and that's all that matters. He WILL love you back. You have Him and you always will. You can feel Him. You can touch Him. You have Him and He is everything you have ever dreamed of. 

When God "Runs"

Imagine! Just imagine for a second. What if this were the case.

God: Have you ever felt like running away from everything you knew was right and everything you knew you should do just to see if anyone would care enough to stop you?

Me: Yes!

God: Have you ever done it?

Me: Well, I tried. I didn't get very far.

God: You know, I don't have the privilege of doing that. For I AM good and I AM faithful. It's who I am. I never leave and I never forsake so I don't have the ability to just run away in order to test out whether or not I am truly loved. But there are times when I would like to see what people would do if I could and did run. Since I can't run, the only option I have is to pretend. I have to create a fake stage and a fake backdrop and hold it in front of myself so that I can not be seen. I can not speak for I can not lie and to speak would ruin the whole experiment. So I stand behind a fake backdrop in silence trying to make it appear I have left. Why? I want to know I am loved. I want to know I am valued. I want to be sought out. I stand there hoping..."Stay. Please stay. Please find me. Will they? Will they do it? Will they sit and wait in faith that it is fake? Will they come back stage to look for me? Will they love me enough to run after me?" I watch as many people walk away and my heart sinks for they would not pursue me if I were to walk out on them. Nor do they believe that I never would. But then there are a few who sit and look at the fake backdrop that stands in front of my face. They sit waiting in faith for it to lift for they know it is not real. I also see those who simply just run back stage for they know it is a set up. Then I know. I truly know. They really do love me. They really do.

 Could it be the darkest parts of life are really a cry for love from a God who is desperately in love? Just some perspective...

Simply and So Profoundly Him

Words don't do justice to the love that Christ truly deserves. How truly amazing He really is. Who am I that He should even know my name? Yet, I know He lives for He talks to me, He walks with me, He hold my hand and He never lets go. So many times I have failed Him. Still, He has always been there. He truly is
The Truest Friend I have ever had.
The most Faithful Father I've ever known.
The Deepest Lover I've ever witnessed
He loves and delights in us so deeply, how could we help but love Him back? A thousand lives wouldn't be enough to try and repay him for the love He has so freely lavished. I love Him so. He truly is worthy of everything. And one day, when life is over I will get to see Him face to face and we will have all of eternity together. But until that day, may every day of my life be a reflection of the truest beauty that I've found only in the person of Jesus Christ. May I always look like Him and may it always be said of my life when it is looked back upon, "She loved Him well."