God you are AMAZING! I can't say this enough. How is it that you could take something so imperfect, so ratchet, so weak and make it perfect in Your sight? Who else but You, Lord? I'm so humbled and so grateful for how You continue to move in my life. How You continue to bless me even behind the scenes. All I ask is that You continue to draw me closer to You, because I need more of You, Jesus. You are my peace, You are my provider, You are my comforter and in You I am made whole. Your love for me is unconditional and pure. What greater love could I find, than the love that I have found in You?
When I think about the way Christ loves us unconditionally it makes me think of my own love for others. Everyday I ask Jesus to make me more like Him, to have a love for people that is unconditional. Once upon a time when I used to pray for a husband (imagine that, lol) I used to wonder in the back of my mind would I ever be able to truly love a man unconditionally like Christ has loved me; or will my love for my future husband be conditional? Will my love be based on what that husband could do for me, or how he could make me feel? Would my love change and fluctuate like the stock market based on the conditions of the moment? Or would my love for my husband be much like the love of Christ, unconditional and unchanging? Would my love for my future husband find perfection in his imperfections? Would it love him when he was weak or when he'd do something foolish? These were the questions that I had asked. These are the questions that made me wonder if marriage was even for me, because I'd expect to be loved unconditionally and through my imperfections, but would I be able to reciprocate that love?
Eventually, God and all His amazingness showed me that if He exist in me then it makes me capable of loving perfectly through imperfections. I learned that true love isn't conditional. True love isn't simply based on the emotions for the moment. Pure unadulterated love is possible when you draw yourself closer to Christ. The way God works is quite amazing ...the moment I opened my heart up for the Holy Spirit to teach me the things I desired in my future husband is when He taught. I began to develop the fruits of my spirit. I learned to love unconditionally, I became kinder, and I learned to be more patient. As, I continue to seek God's face in prayer for growth and strength in all areas of my life, He has began showing me things. These things are pretty wonderful might I add, but there is something about sitting at the feet of Jesus Christ that just seems to make all things new.
So, with that said whatever your area of imperfections are today just know that He uses the weak and foolish things on purpose because in doing so it keeps us humble and steadily at His feet giving Him all the glory, honor and praise. (1 Corinthians 1:27-29). I can speak on this because I know it's true for a fact from personal experience. It's quite amazing how my soul was capable of loving someone unconditionally before I have even loved them. When you let the Holy Spirit take the lead, everything else has a way of falling into perfect harmony.
Thank you, for keeping me humble in your presence.
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