Name above all names
Worthy of all praise
My heart will sing
How great, how great is our God
"In the morning, in my quiet time, I didn't feel like praying, so I just sat down and talked to God."
This statement really moved me, although, it's been slow to sink in after it first touched my ears. At first it was just a bit of irony that stuck out to me. Nothing important. Then it began to return to me at very inconvenient times, moments when I wasn't in the mood to pray, or to talk to God. It started to resonate with me more and more each time, turning into a reminder to talk to God no matter what or where I was; A reminder that God doesn't need us to use fancy "prayer words", he just wants to hear what his kids want to say to him. As I began to do that a little here and there, God began to show me a different side of him which caused me to fall in love with him even more than I was already. I had no idea I could be capable of loving Him any more. God is so amazing!
Now, as I sit down and read God's words to me during my quiet times, I'm working more and more on just speaking my thoughts out loud to him--to marvel at him, or appreciate him, or to ask him to reveal more to me, etc.--And as I do, I notice more and more how natural it begins to feel. I'm realizing my role as a child of God is not just to do the right things, take all the steps, say the right things, be the best I can be, etc., but to also sit in front of my Father's presence, and to feel my Father's love. Every time I am really still enough to know that He is God, I feel so spectacular, more than anything or anyone on this earth could ever make me feel. God is revealing to me my true existence; Not just his servant, not just a sheep following my Shepherd, but also his adored child whom he has blessed with grace upon grace, and love unconditional and everlasting. And I'm hooked. I find His love irresistible. When I feel it, I can't help but feel so small, and so great, at the same time.
"How sweet it is to be loved by you!"
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