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I think one of the most incredible and powerful things that we can learn and know is the simple idea that God wants to encounter us, to be in us, to love us. He wants us to see who He is, wants us to feel His love. The love of God is so passionate and overwhelming- impossible to comprehend- so beautiful that we become scared of experiencing it. And because of that we shy away from really pursuing God, and letting Him pursue us... In the bible it says that if we draw near to Him, He will draw near to us. He's saying "I know, it's scary, and it's hard and it's a lot to take in, but just let go and come closer and I will take care of the rest." So many times we push God away because we don't want our junk being dealt with or our perspective being questioned, or we think that we are just not enough. We make it so that God can't get to us, can't change us. We were never meant to be perfect, never destined to "arrive". So when did we discover the need to try?

What if, for one moment, we set aside our fear of failure, our need for approval and our performance driven mindset and just let God be God. And do what He wants, and move how He wants and just let His love wash over us and change the things we cannot ourselves change. What if, for one moment we stopped, quit trying to control our situation and our faults and just let Him be in us. Changing and molding and reshaping us. Why not just let God be God? Why not just let God love us as we are? Who are we to tell God when we are good enough for Him to love?

We were created with a void. So deep inside of us, so profoundly empty that nothing can make it go away. We are alone. And lost. There is no cure, no remedy to that lack... Other than God's love. Because the thing about the love of God is that, it changes us. It changes us in our core, and all the hurt and the pain and the imperfections and the challenges don't matter anymore. He takes it all away and He just loves us. As we are. And it's that love and that power that makes life worth it. He gives meaning and purpose to everyone and everything. So if you're scared that what you have isn't enough, remember the power of His love. Because that love... It changes everything.

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