While staffing at Turkey Hill Ranch Bible Camp there was a girls staff Bible study given about love. At the end, Melissa (who was giving the Bible study) challenged us to write a letter from God to ourselves about God's unfailing love for us. Then she challenged us to write a letter in response to the letter that God wrote to us. This is the letter that God wrote to me. I honestly believe that he wrote it to every single one of his children. It has been a huge blessing to me, and many others, so I pray that it will be shared and that it will become a blessing for you as well! :)
My Dearest Child,
I love you.
You will never understand that one single word as I do, but that is okay. Someday, I will show you exactly what it means. For now, let me show you as much as I can.
Enjoy my presence in your life.
Accept me.
Love me.
Trust me.
Know me.
Listen, because I am speaking directly to you all the time.
Look around, and see me.
Enjoy me.
Let me love you. Don’t fight it, just let it happen.
I’m in control, don’t be scared of that, take comfort in that.
Don’t put limits on me, I can do all things! I created you, I have blessed you, what else do I need to prove? What else do I owe you? Why do you demand things that have already been given?
Happiness is all around you, be happy.
I know many things about you, but I will never use them against you because I am love.
I gave you a special laugh, because I am love.
I gave you a body all to yourself, unique in its own right, because I am love.
Though it may not seem like it, this will always be true: I put you in this place, right here, right now, because I am love.
I don’t do these things because I love you. I do these things because I am love. Beloved, it is very important that you understand the difference. I am love. Just as butterflies have no choice but to fly, because they are butterflies, that’s what they do, they fly. I have no choice but to love, because I am love.
As you get to know me, you will learn that I am love. No matter what you do in this life, I will always love you because I am love.
Beloved, my love for you is undeniable. I can’t change it. I am madly in love with you, more than you can possibly imagine. Why?
BECAUSE I AM LOVE.
I will never stop loving you.
Take comfort in these facts. Let this letter change your life-you have seriously NOTHING to loose. I own all things, and give and take all things. Let this change your life and I will bless you richly because of your trust and faith in me.
Take me at my word; I will never let you down,
Your Creator, Lover, and Lord
as given to Jilli Roberts on June 29, 2010
Tuesday, June 29, 2010
Sunday, June 13, 2010
Rhyming doesn’t make them synonyms
I was at my Grandma’s church and the preacher was making a really good point, he was comparing God providing a sacrifice to take Isaac’s place (Gen 22) with God providing a sacrifice for our sins. He said just as there was a lamb stuck in the thicket, Jesus is the Lamb of God. The point sounds nice and makes a lot of sense. BUT IT’S NOT OKAY!
Here’s the problem: there was a RAM stuck in the thicket by its horns, not a LAMB. And NO ONE caught the mistake!
This has always been a very important issue to me-How many people actually question what the speaker is saying before accepting it as truth?
Yes, this could have been a simple mistake, but it also could have been avoided by re-reading a text before speaking on it. I’m not trying to blame of vilify the preacher in anyway at all. I am simply trying to bring up the point that when we sit in the pew and listen to a sermon, we need not forgo the ability to reason for our self. We can’t accept a speaker’s word over God’s Word. We should take the responsibility on ourselves, instead of on the speaker. Next time someone, anyone, is talking to you about anything spiritual, I urge you to be an ACTIVE listener instead of a complacent one. :)
Here’s the problem: there was a RAM stuck in the thicket by its horns, not a LAMB. And NO ONE caught the mistake!
This has always been a very important issue to me-How many people actually question what the speaker is saying before accepting it as truth?
Yes, this could have been a simple mistake, but it also could have been avoided by re-reading a text before speaking on it. I’m not trying to blame of vilify the preacher in anyway at all. I am simply trying to bring up the point that when we sit in the pew and listen to a sermon, we need not forgo the ability to reason for our self. We can’t accept a speaker’s word over God’s Word. We should take the responsibility on ourselves, instead of on the speaker. Next time someone, anyone, is talking to you about anything spiritual, I urge you to be an ACTIVE listener instead of a complacent one. :)
Thursday, June 3, 2010
Being a mom for a week-WHAT?!?
“I’ve never done this before.” no longer works as an excuse when there is no one to say it to because you are the “mom.” This is what I learned from the week I spent babysitting/house sitting. One of my teachers (who I often baby sit for) when out of the country for a vacation, so I spent the night with the two children at their house, it was a 24/7 deal. My sister helped me when she wasn’t at work, and my mom helped one afternoon when I wasn’t feeling so great. But other than that, it was just the three of us. I did a lot of cooking and cleaning and, of course, some chillin’ too. :)
After this experience, I have learned that no amount of money is equal to being a mom. No payment is worthy. I have learned that I don’t want to have children until I am married (for many reasons) especially because I don’t think I could handle raising a child without someone else’s full time help and support.
After this experience, I have learned that no amount of money is equal to being a mom. No payment is worthy. I have learned that I don’t want to have children until I am married (for many reasons) especially because I don’t think I could handle raising a child without someone else’s full time help and support.
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