I struggle to my feet
breathless
heart pounding
running to escape
the problem is I'm running from me.
the heart which beats in
this very chest
is the heart from whom I run.
I drive further and further
but even that works not...
for I am in the car with me."
oh how often this scene has
played out.
even when all is well.
even when peace permeates.
for still moments
hours
days
exist when I want out
of my own skin.
yet as I continue to walk this journey called life
the moments are more fleeting
and I am becoming more
aware and in tune with
His presence.
more apt to hear
His whisper.
more apt to allow
Him to ease me
back into His
arms of
love
only to
discover I had
been there all along.
"My beloved child,
nothing exists which could
ever cause Me to cease loving you.
I am your Abba and you are My child.
you have come to know that
My love is a love which fits you
as a wedding dress fits a bride.
and you have come to know
that you are indeed
My bride.
and yet even more is yours!
and how I have longed for you to step into
that which will bring even more joy boundless
as you live into and press into a life of
fullness in Me.
the clothes I have given you now fit with utmost
perfection, for you are gaining new insight
daily into My love for you...increasingly you see
that the place of true surrender to My love is
standing before me with nothing to hide...
no shame...no guilt...no regrets...
nothing to give or do that is of yourself...
giving only that which is most precious to Me...
your very being.
the less of "you" stands before Me, the more
perfectly and intimately the clothing of
My love will fit...and joy overwhelming will be
yours as you live into and press into being the
woman I created you to be...and as these
clothes of love pour over, beauty and self-worth
and courage and light and love will simply flow
out of you to all around you...
this, My beloved, is the place where
old collides with new
guilt collides with mercy
shame collides with honor
self-pity collides with
contented peace
all wrapped in a
ribbon of rainbow
with a bow of grace.
collision is the
cross of My Son...
the place where evil met good
and good won.
evil will try to keep
you in a place of shame
yet in Me there is no shame
for you are clothed in My loving protection.
now and forever."
"instead of shame and dishonor
you will enjoy a double share of honor
you will possess a double portion of
prosperity in your land
and everlasting joy will be yours"
Isaiah 61:7
"I am overwhelmed with joy in the Lord
my God!
for He has dressed me with the
clothing of salvation
and draped me in a robe of
righteousness
I am like a bridegroom in his wedding suit
or a bride with her jewels"
Isaiah 61:10
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