Understanding God's Pursuit of Me & His Amazingly #PerfectLove

Chapter 1/2: "Because God's Love is Perfect I Don't Have to Be"

I've been living life from a distance for as long as I can remember. I've always wondered why I didn't get invited to certain parties or wasn't a part of certain groups of people who I thought were my friends or even how my friendships never seemed to last. I've wondered how people think I'm nice enough but never are interested in evolving into deeper relationships with me. Reading just these first two chapters of "A Confident Heart," have already revealed stark truths about myself.

My acceptance of myself is directly tied to how my parents feel about me and the things I've accomplished in my life.

Allowing people to get too close to me will mean that they will know the real me and the sense of self-perfection that I've created might be for nought.

It's easier to live in the shadows of doubt than to have to show others the real me.

I don't really know if I like the real me....but through God's grace I'm hoping that will change....

How refreshing to know that just like the woman at the well, God is in pursuit of me and desires to want to break past the walls and barriers I've created to keep others out to engage in real and continuous relationship with me!



So I no longer have to be afraid of living life from a distance....



But I can be expectant of #divineappointments with people in my inner circle and even more so with people that are NOT in my circle and allow God to use me for His purpose. It's only when I can accept that I have weaknesses that He can make me perfect IN HIM and use me for His kingdom!
No longer should I strive for perfection  but rather my prayer is that God continues to show me my imperfections and begins the healing process in me...

And so my desire is to put my complete hope in the Lord. The bible tells me that my hope in Lord will never leave me disappointed.