The simple fact and words that God declares us as His children, is awesome. That same unconditional love, is right there. That same love that is strong, is right there. That SAME love that disciplines us, is there. I find that the kind of things that usually get through to me the most are instances of tough love. It appears that "tough love" seems to get down to the core of things, no sugar coating (TOUGHNESS), and gets to the point. A lot of things get in the way, but tough love pushes right through those things to get to the inner self and tell the inner self what's up. I guess what I'm trying to get at with the whole tough love thing is that, God shows us tough love sometimes, but the key to tough love is that it is always backed by the caring aspect of love too. Because the second word of the phrase "tough love" is, LOVE. And we all know that there is pretty much nothing better than the Father's love.
Being a child of God is AMAZING. And I am always super thankful and feel so blessed whenever I stop for a second and think about how lucky I am, because the creator of the universe created, AND still loves me, forever and ever. Do you know how many Lego creations I used to make as a kid? I'm an only child, so it was a lot. And I definitely did not love every single creation I made. So the fact that God keep creating and loving is such a warming feeling.
I miss y'all a lot!!!! I wish I could be in California to hang out with y'all.
As you were talking about how "a lot of things can get in the way, but tough love pushes right through...", I got an image of this huge Linebacker, let's say Derrick Johnson for fun, and he was plowing through this massive crowd of people. He was gunning right for me and he wasn't stopping! He was determined to get to me. I was so scared but when he finally reached me, after pushing right through everything in his way, He embraced me and squeezed the life out of me.
ReplyDeleteOur Father's Love is like that but better, beyond our belief. Especially because after squeezing our old life out, he breathes in a new and better one.
That's what I got from what you wrote, bro! Thank you so much :)