Love

We all know that Jesus loves us. We are taught that at an early age...but I don't think we understand that Jesus loves us INDIVUALLY. Yes, He loves us as a body; a whole; a congregation of followers. But His love is so much more personal than that. He is much more personal than that.

Lately I've been making quite a few mistakes in my christian walk. I am not perfect. In my past I would have felt compelled to punish myself for the condemnation I felt within my spirit of disobeying my Abba. I would have self-harmed, or starved myself, or inflicted some sort of physical pain to count as a punishment (like getting a spanking as a child).

With one of my most recent mistakes I laid awake the whole night in fear...fear of God's wrath. I was terrified of what God would do to me. Like He is a giant man up in the Heavens with a baseball bat ready to bop me on the head. I forgot for that night that God LOVES ME.

I was reminded of something He had said in Isaiah 43:4- That's how much you mean to me! That's how much I LOVE you! I'd sell off the whole world to get you back, trade the creation just for you.

Jesus' love is so real; so thick; so tangible; so personal! Your mistakes don't make who you are. I am not my failures. I am not my sins. I am not my mistakes!

I know who I am, and I know whose I am.

I am forgiven.
I am set free.
I am cherished.
I am LOVED!