The lies we choose to believe are powerful. Even as I write these words after the fact I am reminded that days of discouraged living can come on strong and weigh heavy on our souls. allow these reminders to cling to you like a winter fog.
In the beginning, I had my sights on you. Before I created my
first tree, or animal, I saw you. I knew the day you would be born, and the day
we will embrace in heaven. I made the whole earth for you to play in, to
create, to love, to make mistakes in and to share it all with me.
I choose your name, put you in the family you are in, and I
know they make mistakes too. Your earthly parents are trying, just like you
are.
I don’t love you like the world loves you. I don’t love you
how you love others. I love you fully, and completely… All in, with nothing
holding me back. I risk loving you every single day. I don’t worry what you
think of me, that could never change my love for you. My love doesn’t fade with
how you act, or how you feel about me. My love is constant, uncontrollable, and
has no beginning or end.
Did you know that when you do something amazing, I dance over
you? My favor is always on you. I choose you, even when you don’t choose me. In me you live and breath and have you being.
When you don’t see me and don’t feel me, it doesn’t mean
I am not there. With every breath, you breath me in. In you, I have
placed the most powerful force on earth. This is the same power that raised
Jesus from the dead. It is the power that heals the sick and commands the storm to recall.
My name, Jesus holds within it the power to change the
world. When you are afraid, say my name out loud. When you need help, ask for
help in the name of Jesus. Never allow fear to rule you.
Today, in this moment, know that these words are true. Will
you trust me? Will you love me? Will you choose what is right and let the rest
fall into place the way I see fit? Will you give me you? Every part? The good,
the bad and the parts you don’t even know about yet? Will you choose me as I have chosen you?
