Trusting God's Words: A Key to Spiritual IntimacySample

Little Laugh Girl

My dear one, I love how you spend time with me. I love how you pursue me. I love how you search for me. Want to do something new? Want to go on an adventure together? What if we went away, just the two of us? It could be quiet, yes, or it could be loud. I know the quiet is not what you love best. But I know you want to hear me more. I know you want to know me more. So, what if you took my hand, and I showed you some things about you that I just love?

First, your hands, my darling. Those hands of yours are precious, the way they touch, and they hold, and they comfort the ones you love and keep them close. Also, your eyes, my darling, sparkle, and I delight in looking at them. They have warmth in them, and when I knit you together, your eyes were a part of you I crafted with care and intention. You use them so beautifully, my dear, how you seek ways to see beyond yourself, how you notice hearts of people who are hurting. Together, with your eyes and hands you love people and show them they are not alone.

Your heart ties all this together; it ties together and makes beautiful the eyes and the hands. Yes, my girl, this is what makes me laugh. I can’t help but jump and run and spin fast with joy when I see you. I can’t help but rejoice over you, delight in being with you. Your love is the love I’ve given you, and the most perfect thing is that you know you can’t help but pour this love out. You experience me as you love, as you serve, as you claim and give out the gifts, I’ve given you. My love, you have been my girl since before you were born. You have been my girl since before you could speak, since before your lips curved into their first smile. I have adored you from the beginning, the beginning, with me, is always the best place to be, for it is forever. Beginning. Always. The reason to laugh, to jump, to sing.

Exercise & Prayer

Set down everything you are holding. Relax your shoulders. Let your hands fall open at your sides. Picture yourself in an open space, a place of peace and beauty. There is light falling on your face. Jesus approaches you, walking toward you from a distance. He has something in his hands he wants to give you. Let Jesus use your imagination and speak to your heart. What does he invite you to give to him? What does he have for you in return?

Father, you come. You gather me. You remind me I am yours. I confess I forget I don’t have to do a thing to be loved by you. You have formed me with your hands; you love me no matter what. Help me loosen my desire for control trying to run a race you never asked me to run. Let me run beside you; let me rest beside you. I accept your invitation for a new beginning, my abiding in you. Amen.

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