Inhaling His Whispers of Rich Grace

  For the Father Himself loves you, because you have loved Me, and have believed that I came forth from the Father. John 16:27   This verse is tucked in among the words Jesus was speaking to His disciples about His Father and Him returning to His Father.   Somehow, in our brokenness, we struggle to believe we are loveable.   If you listen closely, you don’t need to wait long until you hear the ache of wondering if someone wonders if they are loveable, enjoyed, wanted.  Even the disciples, the people who walked and lived in the presence of Jesus, wondered about His love.   Satan so wants us to believe we are separated from God.   That’s actually what he wanted from the very moment he spoke to Eve and got her to question God’s intent toward her was good and His provision enough.   That moment brought separation, death, but not from God loving us.   His love remains, but we must choose it.   We must choose to believe God i...

  Trust in the Lord with all your heart and do not lean on your own understanding.  In all your ways acknowledge Him and He will make your paths straight. (direct your paths)  Proverbs 3:5-6 (NASB) I don't know about you, but me, well, I realize how easily I slip into leaning on my own understanding, leaning on what makes sense to me. But I know, deep down in my heart that the way to walk is to trust the Lord with everything I have, with all my heart. For the Lord is faithful to direct, to straighten paths.  This new year is filled with days, days of two choices staying with our Father or leaning on my own understanding.  Each day I choose to stay with my Heavenly Father leads to a week, then a month, then a year and another, and then more... more secure steps on uneven paths because of the One who holds our hand. It starts with one day, today.  Today with it's new morning mercies is all we need to live.  Today, I choose to lean in and on my Father, wh...