Madly in Love

This week has been just a mess. Trying to come up with a topic to write about and stick with it without letting my mind wander to something completely different has been very challenging.  I’ve hit this point where I just have so much to say but if I really talked about everything that has been on my mind, people would probably think I was a bit crazy. Not to mention that trying to organize all these thoughts and put them into words without being completely sporadic is a mind boggling task all on its own.

I have this odd energy about me that seems to be ready to burst out any minute.   So usually when I feel this way I try to fill my time as a way to soak up this energy and possibly get something constructive done in the process.  I started walking, a book study, working extra days, cleaning like a crazy lady… But then I started thinking about it. What’s missing? What am I leaving out?

God.

In all this craziness I forgot my foundation. Somehow I lost touch with the most important thing in my life, my relationship with my Creator.

In a world where we’re programmed to stay busy and being able to list a series of tasks we’ve accomplished is defined as success, it’s easy to forget to put that time aside to just breathe.  Sit for a moment and just spend time with Someone who has so much love for you that it’s incomprehensible.  It’s no surprise that I have been feeling down lately and having a hard time feeling worthy of much.  When we don’t take the time to let God write us love letters or simply throw them to the side for “later”, our minds become filled with the world’s lies. Self-worth is impossible to find in a world of hate and shame. So it’s essential to take the time to just sit in the presence of the One who created us and sacrificed His life for our downfalls.  I’m not sure that love like that can really be put into words.  But I do know that any amount of time spent with God quickly drowns out the deceptive hate spewed by society.  I know I have worth and no one will tell me differently because I am the daughter of a King. And He’s madly in love with me.

But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

Romans 5:8

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