Be-loved

I read tonight, “In my mind’s ocean are jaws of depression, tentacles of anxiety. I live daily in the hope that if I work hard enough, if I paddle fast enough, I might outswim the sadness. I might outsmart the tension. I might overcome life’s ambiguity with sheer will, force of mind.”

Oh how that pierces -- I know intimately how the weight of those words rings true in my life. And yet -- and yet -- we spoke this last weekend of what it means to be loved by Jesus, to be His beloved, to be enough.

Beloved:

(n) “be” & “loved” — to be loved in the eternal present tense with a never-stopping, always constant, forever and ever and ever love.

(n) the way John (a disciple of Jesus) defined himself as loved both before AND after he betrayed Christ — what hope.

(n) a definition describing ourselves as children of the Most High God. In the midst of all trials, suffering, failures — victories, celebration, freedom — we are His beloved. Be-loved.

We are always loved.

What a sweet weekend it was learning how Jesus is GREATER than anything else & how our truest identity lies as people dearly, wholly loved. There is good news.

#Beloved #Enough #Identity #Wholeness