Father, I know in my heart that I am loved by you. You’ve told me so many times, yet it’s only in the last while that it’s finally reached my heart. Now I’m going to begin living in it.
My darling, you are also desired. When you love someone, you also desire them. Love covers all.
Father, I’m beginning to see how precious love is. I’ve always known in my mind that you love me, but now I also feel it in my heart. Thank you for bringing me into this journey with you.
You’re welcome Caroline. You are Mine, and I will never stop telling you that I love you.
My Dad, I think as I’m living in it, it’ll make my life a lot easier. I feel more secure, and I feel like I belong to you. There’s such a big difference between knowing these things in my mind and actually knowing them in my heart. It really has been such a long journey for me.
Caroline, you are home. You have fought a great battle and have won. You have persevered through great trials and have come through to the other side. You have fought the good fight; well done my faithful one -I’m so proud of you.
Thank you Dad -I’m treasuring this moment with you. There’s no place I’d rather be than to be home in my heart with you. I love you Dad.
Reflection:
I think love is such a mystery. I’m in wonder, how far I’ve been from knowing love. I would never have thought that I didn’t know what love is, and it would have confused me if someone told me that I was only standing in the shallow end of it, the shallow end of knowing what it is. I think that as I’ve been fighting life’s battles and having the Lord lead me through them over and over again, and seeing his faithfulness has slowly melted my heart. As I’m taking big risks for God and following him through them, he’s been drawing me nearer into his heart where he reveals a little at a time, more of who he is and more of who I am. I really believe that I’ve come to a point of knowing that I’m not merely existing, but am, through my walk of faith, living the life God means for me to live -this is the most fulfilling sense I’ve ever had. There’s a passionate fire in my heart for God, and my hearts desire is to feed this fire and grow more and more in love with him and grow in knowing his love for me.