What I’m learning…

That love really is the greatest force on the face of the earth.
That my love pales in comparison to who Love really is.
That there is none found worthy, none.
That I have a strong urge to run when I am in pain.
That all men are like grass.
That hay and stubble make for a bittersweet bonfire.
That not knowing is really not better than knowing.
That only Jesus is righteous.
That trusting God is a risk I can’t afford to not take.
That loving well means I don’t have the right to be offended.
That what we believe about the nature of God is the lens through which we view circumstances, life and people.
That nothing can separate me from the love of God, not even myself.
That I will never measure up. Never.
That there is provision for my inability to measure up.
That if I’m really honest, I am easily offended that God uses broken people to do his will.
That if I’m really honest, I should then be offended that God uses me to do his will.
That I have looked to people rather than God, at times.
That I have yet to really know the depths of his great mercy and love.
That I know very little but what I do know has come from His hand.
That I am saved, beyond a shadow of a doubt, and nobody can pluck me from His hand.
That my salvation was free to me, costly to God.
That it’s not OK to make peace with my sin.
That love looks foolish and mercy looks weak.
That I need more faith.
That I process slowly but deeply.
That fire burns.
That I regret regret.
That Jesus is a Just Judge.
That there is great comfort and terror in knowing that.
That understanding breeds compassion.
That suspicion is fear and it actually drives out love.
That love drives out fear.
That He is good but seemingly unsafe.
That I could gain the world but lose my soul.
That love is a choice.
That the blood of Jesus is greater than.
That Jesus died for every bad thing I have ever done and will ever do.
That I have no means of atoning for my own sin.
That I am a despicable wretch but for the grace of God.
That I cannot make things happen.
That all things are possible because of Christ.
That He makes all things new.
That God is a resourceful God, working all things to my good because I do indeed love him.
That wisdom begins when we fear God.
That mercy triumphs over judgment.
That I don’t have to steward people’s emotions for them.
That I am the steward of my own heart.
That He is the Good Shepherd.
That I have nothing else going for me but God.
That I have judged wrongly.
That I am sorry for when I have judged wrongly.
That I have the capacity to feel very complex emotions all at once.
That God is no less God in the midst of my very complex emotions.
That I do love truth in love.
That true lovers labor more for truth.
That where sin abounds, much greater does grace.
That there is hope, because He lives.