The Higher Love

I had a wonderful Valentine's day for the first time in my life. But, it wasn't because I received the cliché stuffed bear and chocolates (which I didn't.) It was because I encountered a new understanding of the steadfast love of the Father. When I woke up, I wanted to be bitter. I wanted to have a pity party and raise the awareness flag of my single status. But the Lord invaded my thoughts with this word.

"Do you want to think about love today? Then revel in the unfailing love of your Heavenly Father."

I couldn't really argue with the Guy. He had a valid point. I am so incredibly loved by Him. Not in the cheesy, "Jesus is my Valentine" kind of way. But in an "I'm willing to die if it means I get to have you" kind of way.

When we fix our eyes on the eternal Love of Abba, the fleeting, shallow love that flesh has to offer loses its appeal. Why spend my time dwelling on that which can not satisfy when we have been offered complete fulfillment in His desire for us? We spend so much emotional energy fighting to find a release from loneliness that He has already eternal cured.

While all else will ever fade away, His steadfast love for me remains.

Insecurities are simply the lack of revelation that we are intricately created and woven together by the Father for a specific purpose. We are who He needs, wants and longs for us to be. He was INTENTIONAL in His crafting of His children. There were no mistakes. Our personalities, our spiritual gifts, even our physical appearance, all plays a part in His master plan of fitting us into a beautiful bigger picture called the body of Christ.

Today, I re-applied to work as a Resident Assistant at USM. I had to make a presentation to my boss of why I thought I should be rehired. This is what I made:

It's my heart. With all of it's special compartments... Uniquely me.

Fun.

I went for a bike ride today. It was my first bike ride in a really long time since Betty was stolen earlier this year. : (

We went to a park. And it was fun.

Sometimes, the soul just needs a big ol' dose of good times.