Walking the Passage: The girl that the Father calls daughter and so dearly loves

Sunday, June 12, 2011

The girl that the Father calls daughter and so dearly loves

What a privilege it is to be called children of God.... my heart is all overwhelmed by the goodness and beauty of our Lord... Not because of things that He has done for me... nor blessings He has bestowed upon me.... the mere fact that I am His child ravishes my heart this evening and then a smile emerges upon my face as I realize how ravished His own heart.. and feels like this never ending circle of love.... where I acknowledge how very glad I am to be His and know that He sings over me how very glad He is....

His nature... His character are full of beauty and wonder and awe... and the fact that we are able to really know Him fills my being to a place where I can barely contain the goodness... I feel like I could take flight ...

You don't want to read about where I necessarily find myself... because while it is nice to hear about other's experiences and it might be a source of encouragement it is not enough... You must enter into this place... doors are wide open... and there is so much grace.....

One thing I have found out about myself in this season is that the further and further I go in... the more and more child like I feel.... a certainty ... a confidence... a boldness not full of bravado but full of wonderment at the free and rich availability and openness there is into the heart of my Father.... I guess.. no.. I know that that is what has changed so very much... is the realization of how completely I can enter into His heart and that when things would arise that would seemingly inhibit me He leads me to places where those inhibitions fall off.....

Those inhibitions or timidity or lack of confidence arise when within my heart I question the nature of the relationship that we so richly share... when doubt or fear or lies raise their ugly head and send forth their whispers as to shake my confidence.... they land upon ground that at times is at a place that receive them completely or even partially and shadows attempt to quench the light... but even that I have realized is based in lies... If nothing .. nothing can separate me from the love of God.. then not even lies nor those shadows have any power of me.... and in that realization I am set so free... I am free soar... I am free to fly.. I am free to myself... the girl that the Father calls daughter and so dearly loves....

When the lies or the shadows come and bring with them their whispers may all that would hinder you from holding steadfast to the most beautiful truths of the passions of our God fall off of your being and may your hearts and your beings be made able to hold firmly to the fact that you.. you are so dearly loved... beyond what you could ever imagine...

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One of my Favorite Narnian Quotes...

“One word, Ma’am,” he said, coming back from the fire; limping because of the pain. “One word. All you’ve been saying is quite right, I shouldn’t wonder. I’m a chap who always liked to know the worst and then put the best face I can on it. So I won’t deny any of what you said, even so. Suppose we have only dreamed, or made up, all those things – trees and grass and sun and moon and stars and Aslan himself. Suppose we have. Then all I can say is that, in that case, the made-up things seem a good deal more important than the real ones. Suppose this black pit of a kingdom of yours is the only world. Well, it strikes me as a pretty poor one. And that’s a funny thing, when you come to think of it. We’re just babies making up a game, if you’re right. But four babies playing a game can make a play-world that makes you real world hollow. That’s why I’m going to stand by the play-world. I’m on Aslan’s side even if there isn’t any Narnia. So, thanking you kindly for our supper, if these two gentlemen and the young lady are ready, we’re leaving your court at once and setting out in the dark to spend our lives looking for the Overland.

A Brilliant Quote from Marianne Williamson

Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate,

but that we are powerful beyond measure.

It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us.

We ask ourselves, "Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous?"

Actually, who are you not to be?

You are a child of God.

Your playing small does not serve the world.

There is nothing enlightening about shrinking

so that others won't feel unsure around you.

We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us.

It is not just in some of us; it is in every one.

As we let our light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.