Neglect is real in the world. It is not real in the kingdom of God. Overcoming neglect in the world is only possible by overwhelming love from God. The passion of Jesus for me overcomes the rampage of neglect on my heart. The ravishing love of Jesus overcomes the ravaging neglect. It does. Really.
Letting Jesus in. Overwhelming the lies, the hurt, the exposure, the disappointment, the discouragement, the shame, the tragic, severe destruction meant to harm that the enemy set his sights on and only by God’s grace and love and mercy, can we recover. Recover enough to hear the whisper in the remnant of our heart that woos our spirit to settle in and receive the love of a Father that is more than enough in every area to heal all the broken bits and make beautiful from ugly. Only Him.
So here I stand Lord, believing again that you are for me and not against me. That you love me and you trust me to choose you again and again and again because you see me and you know me and you believe me when I say yes Daddy, have your way. Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven for your glory and my victory in you for the choice to say yes again and again and again. Thank you, Daddy, for your more than enough, eye on me and how I enrapture (Definition: Delight beyond measure. Feelings of intense pleasure or joy.) you with my child like faith in a big girl body.
Beth (B) – (reading a devotional on love) Ha Lord, right back to where I started this morning – you are so funny! The little stuff is the big stuff – so with your eyes of love – this is what yesterday looked like –
I spent time loving you throughout my day
I loved on others in words, actions
Blessing and not cursing
Being in moment and in joy and leading with love –expressing thanks, appreciation, helping, being available
Thank you Lord, my day in your eyes is full of love.
God (G) – Stop measuring the way the world measures – measure in love – measure in peace – measure in joy – measure in truth – measure in grace – measure in mercy – measure in forgiveness – measure in worship and dance – movement – measure in calm and steady and unshakeable – measure my way – I am not surprised – I am not measuring the world’s way – all the crazy and wacky that keeps me out – keep me in – every moment – so many places your interactions showcase me in a quiet way, in a peaceful way, in a way I treasure because it unveils the mystery of me for those that have eyes to see and ears to hear. Stop measuring by false standards and sit and be still and listen to my truth.
From Holy Spirit wrote down Psalm 113 and instead found myself in Psalm 131..
Psalm 131 My heart is not proud, O Lord, my eyes are not haughty; I do not concern myself with great matters or things too wonderful for me. But I have stilled and quieted my soul; like a weaned child with its mother, like a weaned child is my soul within me. O Israel, put your hope in the Lord both now and forevermore.
Psalm 113 Praise the Lord. Praise, O servants of the Lord, praise the name of the Lord. Let the name of the Lord be praised, both now and forevermore. From the rising of the sun to the place where it sets, the name of the Lord is to be praised. The Lord is exalted over all the nations, his glory above the heavens. Who is like the Lord our God, the One who sits enthroned on high, who stoops down to look on the earth? He raises the poor from dust and lifts the needy from the ash heap; he seats them with princes, with the princes of their people. He settles the barren woman in her home as a happy mother of children. Praise the Lord.
B – He uses a broken girl, full of a long history of abandonment, destruction, neglect abounding and gives her revelation and healing to bring hope and truth to hearts that are hungry for truth and need healing for their broken hearts. He turns neglect into attention. He turns trauma into triumph. He turns ravaged into ravishing. He does it for His glory and I get to watch Him do it and it is beautiful. Nothing wasted. Thank you, Lord.
Excerpt from An Encourager’s Heart