love letters

"Trust Me, My child," He says. "Trust Me with a fuller abandon than you ever have before. Trust Me, as minute succeeds minute, every day of your life, for as long as you live. And if you become conscious of anything hindering our relationship, do not hurt Me by turning away from Me. Draw all the closer to Me, come, run to Me. Allow Me to hide you, to protect you, even from yourself. Tell Me your deepest cares, your every trouble. Trust Me to keep My hand upon you. I will never leave you. I will shape you, mold you, and perfect you. Do not fear, O child of My love, do not fear. I love you." (Amy Carmichael)

When my world seems to be a roller coaster that only goes down, it helps to read love letters from the One who made me. Jesus will never give up on me and is jealous for my attention. My God dearly loves me and seeks me when I am lost. The church has given me endless encouragement and wise advice. I deserve so much better than what I settled for.

I had this comment on my last blog post and I absolutely loved it. (shout out to Jenna Condon): "But the one thing that always helps me, is reminding myself this; if he lacks godly character, than what is there to admire who he is?" I think about godly character and what all comes with that title and then I think there was nothing to admire. I deserve to be someones one and only, not one of many. I deserve a guy who will love me for what I stand for instead of encouraging me to stand for nothing. And I deserve a guy that understands the true definition of love: God.

I'm back at Harding and my Christmas break is finally over. It is so good to be home and it is so good to be reading a personally scripted love letter from Jesus.