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Day 8: You Are Loved

I was washing an apple, and you know, it’s tough to get the label off the apple. I couldn’t help but think that we put labels on ourselves as humans too, don’t we? God doesn’t put them there. We do. You know what my label is? The label that’s really, really tough to get off?

Not enough. Not pretty enough. Not good enough. Do I ever do enough? These labels are a trap. God doesn’t put those labels on us.

He made us. He hand knit us, you and me, in the wombs of our mamas. I went to bed thinking about the label that God puts on us. And you know what that label is? God actually puts on you the label of “You are loved.”

Say this out loud right now: God, today I receive your love, your grace, your mercy, your forgiveness. It’s an actionable statement. I think that we know it’s there, but we don’t receive it. It’s like a beautiful chocolate cake iced and ready to go, the frosting covering everything, and we just don’t cut a slice.

Today I receive God’s love, mercy, forgiveness, grace… Add whatever you want. He has so much to offer. Let’s accept His love. It is there ready and waiting. Let’s replace the labels we put on our own lives and pick up the label God has for us instead.

You are loved.

PRAYER: Lord, I receive all you have for me today. I receive your love. I receive your forgiveness. I receive your grace. I ask you to remove all the labels I repeat in my head that aren’t true and instead ponder the ones you have for me.

REFLECTION: Write down the labels you give yourself. Cross them out. Write the labels that God gives you.