Love never fails.

Your love, it never fails, it never ends. Your love it never quits, it never stops chasing my soul.  

- You're Never Giving Up by Jonathan David Helser 

This mystery I can never fully grasp, that God, who is Holy and untainted by sin could love those who have been deceived by the power of sin in the midst of their unrighteousness. He is all sovereign and all knowing, so He knows that we are going to sin before we choose that path. Yet He continues to love us and woo our hearts towards Him, despite the fact that our turning away brings Him pain and hurts His Father's heart. Even still, He waits with joy in His heart for the day that the heart of the sinner turns back to the Father of the broken, for He will embrace that one with gladness. Oh how wonderful it is, to be called children of the living God. No matter how far my heart gets from centering on my Father, it is never too far for Him to call it back home.

Dance for Joy

Yesterday, I visited a new church. I was blown away by God's presence - it was so tangible there. What touched my heart was seeing a little girl (probably about 8 or 9 years old) dancing her heart out in the front. She was twirling and pirouetting across the front. Her reckless abandon to worship her King truly blessed my heart. It reminded me of myself at that age.

God spoke to me in that moment, and I saw a picture of myself as a little 5 year old girl, dancing and twirling in total unashamed worship of the Lord. It was as if God was saying "See, I made you to dance. It's in your DNA - it's part of your identity." And also, another aspect of this picture was that it was a picture of myself and my identity before I was ever created - when I was still in the heart of God and before I was ever in my mother's womb - I was in the heart of God, dancing. Wow, what a thought. It totally blew my mind to think of things in that manner.

God is ever faithful - He gives exactly what you need at the time and place you need it. I am so grateful for this picture of God's love for me.