Our Intimacy with God

"You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart & with all your soul & with all your might."

Deuteronomy 6:5

As a child, I never liked the nighttime, the "dark", because I was afraid of what hid in the shadows.

My young heart wanted so much for humanity to get along & be at peace. The cognitive dissonance between what my whole being yearned for the world & what I saw were two different things - & it was just too much for me to comprehend, to bear.

I wasn't willing to hear the truth - so I hoped - & used all my birthday & holiday wishes for world peace. While I yearned for the "light" - there was also "dark" in the world, & in me.

I was taught that "good" always triumphed, that life was "fair", & that it was okay for me to want life to be that way.

But "good" doesn't always triumph & life isn't always "fair" - & I'm heartbroken.

I get these are childhood fantasies, stories told by well-meaning adults to help me cope & live in a world where pain does exist.

But that caused me to be afraid of the literal dark & contributed towards the creation of my inner "dark" side hiding in my shadows.

Today I woke up to the message, "no more hiding in fear" & to hear truth. Embrace both my "light" & my "dark" - to be free.

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God's truth, promises, & provisions for us prevail over any & all human suffering & strife.

Darkness can't exist where light shines. God's truth is that light.

God doesn't promise our perception of human fairness.

God promises:

• to give strength to the weary.

• to give us rest.

• that His love never fails.

• that He has already redeemed you.

• that He will fight for you.

• to give wisdom to those who ask.

• to forgive us when we confess our sins & when we forgive others.

• that He will never forsake you.

• that He has already given us eternal life in His kingdom.

• that He will provide & meet all your needs.

• that if you ask, He will answer.

• that He will make your path straight.

I vividly recall the day I awoke to the Holy Spirit enveloping me with love & calling me into a relationship with our heavenly Father.

The relationship that He pursued first & the one I graciously, humbly accepted.

In that instance, my world was forever changed.

It's with this profound awareness & knowledge that I boldly & courageously lean into & embrace the relationship I have a personal intimacy with God.

God's Will.

God's Timing.

God's Way.

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