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Rest. Assured. I love you.Thursday, December 16, 2010
Isaiah 54:9-10 God's love is like the mountain. It stands still. It stands solid. It just stands there in the sun and the rain. On most days fog enshrouds the peak of God's love. Honestly, I can only see a little of what I know is there. I know what's there because, on clear days, the view is magnificent. I am high and lifted up. On those days I think that, being loved, I can do anything. I can climb the highest mountain, ford the fastest river, fight the blackest blackguard. But I am learning to love even more what God told Paul, who then shared it with the Corinthians: "My strength is made perfect in your weakness" (2 Corinthians 12:9). Get it straight, Dave. You are not the strong one. You are not the perfect one. You are not God. I am. And I love you. Rest. Enjoy the view of my mountain, and rest. How sweet to be loved no matter what, my Lord. You do not forsake or forget me, and I can be sure of that. It's not what I do or have done. It's just not. Your love surrounds me, on all sides it covers me. I am made perfect in this cocoon, Father - perfectly your child, perfectly your son. |
I have noticed that when I shake the foundations of my own life like a limp tree, when I do really stupid stupid stuff ... most of the mountains just don't move much. I am reassured by their stillness.