What does it mean to live in abandon? What does it look like to live by God's leading and not by what people around me say I should do? There is something beautiful about living in grace, yet scary at the same time. To throw away the culture of the church and latch onto the culture of God, sounds insane. The more I read the more I realize the Bible doesn't really talk about following steadfast after the church and the rules it preaches. It talks about a passionate relationship with the Creator where life is lived walking hand in hand with Him. David comes to mind a lot. His passion never ceases to amaze me. The Psalms are definitely some of my favorite pieces of writing. The old testament as a whole is a beautiful picture of God's grace in our lives as He pursues His people and takes them back again and again. Scripture is one huge plead from God to live a life in pursuit of Him. Hosea is a beautiful book that speaks deeply to me. I was doing some research on the word love in the bible and how it is used, when I found this verse.
Hosea 9:1Do not rejoice, O Israel, with joy like other peoples, For you have played the harlot against your God. You have made love for hire on every threshing floor.Wow....those are some powerful words. Another verse comes to mind
Deuteronomy 4:24 "For the LORD your God is a consuming fire, a jealous God. That speaks of a God who is passionate and not only wants me....but wants ALL of me. He doesn't require it, He pursues it. Sometimes I have trouble wrapping my mind around the fact that God loves me not despite of who I am but in that. There is a big difference in my mind between Him loving me and accepting me, and Him saying "You are worth it, because I made you worth it." That is harder to accept. I think I've always felt like God loves me and forgave me but the idea of being worth something BECAUSE He loves me, not because of my doing, is huge. The fact that God is jealous that my attention is somewhere else says I'm worth something to Him, more then just someone He forgave.
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i wrote my post, and then came here. thank you.
my heart is so small sometimes in what i allow it to take in. ive made it small i think. kinda like a grinch heart?
funny thing is, its hard to grasp how to allow him to make it big again. handing myself over to God is harder in just the past few years.
stay soft toward him in your disappointments!
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