While praying one day a woman asked, “Who are you, Lord?” He answered, “I Am.”
“But, who is I Am?” she said.
And He replied…
“I Am Love, I Am Peace, I Am Grace, I Am Joy, I Am the Way, the Truth, and the Light…
I Am the Comforter, I Am Strength, I Am Safety, I Am Shelter, I Am Power, I Am the Creator, I Am the Beginning and the End, I Am the Most High.”
With tears in her eyes she looked toward Heaven and said,
“Now I understand. But, Lord, who am I?”
Then God tenderly wiped the tears from her eyes and whispered,
“You are Mine.”
My mom came across this quote and had it framed for me. It sits at my desk. They are such powerful words. If you are ever feeling like you don’t matter, don’t belong or don’t have a purpose, read this. When will you quit running from who you know you were created to be? That quiet voice stirring in your heart is not just a coincidence. That is the Holy Spirit moving and speaking to you. Listen. Follow. Know that you belong to the God of all these things and more.
I still struggle constantly with the idea of a loving God. All powerful? I can make sense of that. But a loving, feeling, God? That one stumps me. I'm starting to think that feelings and emotions are irrelevant to any God, just like Nature (a hurricane isn't angry, it just IS).
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-Chris
I can understand your struggle. I struggled for many years with God being real to me. I believe God CARES SO MUCH! He loves us so much he sent his son to die for our sins. Even in our sin God still loves us. He is the creator of feelings and emotions! I know it is a constant struggle and everyone has doubts.I encourage you to dig deeper and really develop a relationship with God and only then will you know beyond a shadow of a doubt that God loves you and really cares about you as a person, with all your feelings and emotions. Thanks for checking my blog out and I hope you keep coming back to read! :-)
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