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HEAVEN ON EARTH
When we are looking for Jesus’s beautiful and tender invitation to return to Him, we find it throughout our days:
An invitation to pause and give thanks.
An invitation to say a prayer for a stranger.
An invitation to meditate on Scripture.
An invitation to sit beside a loved one in pain.
I have found that when I accept Jesus’s invitation, these moments with my Creator become the altar I worship on. I return to Him in the grind and praise Him for His peace in the chaos. I return to Him in the pain and praise Him for His comfort. I return to Him with my shame and praise Him for His grace. Through every return to Jesus, I am filled with Him.
My relationship with Jesus is the most profound relationship of love and grace I will ever experience. Yet I often settle for so much less.
Friend, your choice to either accept or decline Jesus’s invitation does not affect God’s love for you, but it does affect your days. Because waiting on the other end of that invitation to meet with Love Himself are the very best gifts you could ever receive. It is an invitation to experience a bit of heaven on Earth.
Jesus is waiting for you to turn and face Him. To give Him the chaos of your days and the pain of your grief. To trust Him with those things you want no one to discover. To meet you in your neighborhood. Your church. At your kitchen table. To believe He can make “beauty from ashes” (Isaiah 61:3).
He is in the mundane and the monotonous.
He is in the miraculous and the glorious.
He is in the moment when you drop to your knees because your world has just stopped.
And He is in all the wonder you will ever behold as you breathe in each of your breaths.
He has always been there.
He will always be here.
Waiting. Reaching. Loving.
Inviting you to return.
Giver of Love, undo me. Take all the lies that are twisted inside and replace them with this truth: I am loved. Help me take that truth to heart and return to it over and over and over in my day. I am loved. I am loved. I am loved. Thank You, Jesus. Amen.
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About this Plan
Deep in our souls, we know we were created for more. More than hurried days, rushed conversations, and the never-ending scroll on our phones. This more we long for is greater intimacy with God. And every day, in every way, Jesus reaches out a hand and invites us to experience His abundant life. His kingdom here on Earth. This week’s devotional offers guidance in accepting that beautiful invitation.
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