It is funny as I type the title–Journey Continues and then start the entry with a reflection.  I may want to change this name to The Journey’s Reflections.  Yesterday started with the tasks I was going to do showing love.  I kept getting the sense I needed to call one of our pastors and talk with him.  This sense had been nudging me for the past couple days regarding this love topic.  After getting my grandson pulled out I called him.  He told me to come by right then so I did.  We talked much about this item of receiving love, believing God’s love and how to know it.

After leaving I went home and spent some time in the new book I bought myself in December.  It is entitled:  The Nature of Freedom by Graham Cooke.  It’s a compilation of love letters from God and reflection questions to respond to regarding what the letters say.  I have had this book for 3 weeks now waiting to get started.  It nailed my struggle.  On one page the question was:  What are the upgrades in your language that will reflect what God believes about you?  Ex. “Instead of saying______, I can say _______.”  I wrote:  Instead of saying I’m abused, I can now say I’m redeemed.  Instead of saying torn apart, I can say I’m lifted up.  Instead of saying I wasn’t wanted I can now say I was planned even before the earth was formed. Instead of saying I don’t know love, I can now say God is teaching me love.  Instead of saying I’m a broken vessel I can say I am born again and made new.  Lastly, instead of saying I can’t believe, I can say I believe!

This morning is when I did this page.  After writing the above items I went back to I Corinthians 13 and read it again.  It is called “the love chapter”.  I was able to read it without the fear I felt only a few days ago.  God really is teaching me about Himself and me.  This morning I realized that love is far more about Him than it is about me.  It becomes about me when I say:  “I believe”.  All things become possible when I (we) believe.

I guess you know that this is also true for you.  God doesn’t pick who He loves.  He waits for us to reach out to the love He already has extended to us.  To God be the glory!