Yesterday I met a 13 year old girl,
that is afraid she is pregnant. I have not been able to let her go - my heart
is just so heavy for her. I am so frustrated with the world that takes our kids
out - the lies of the enemy.
If there is one thing I have learned
from our younger generation it is that they NEED to be in a relationship. They jump from
relationship to relationship....trying to be loved, trying to be
"completed", all the fairy tale ideas of what love should do. In and
out of relationships...they seek - and they will never find that completeness
in this world...that is the spot reserved for God. So may girls and women run
after the affections and attention of men. Running from relationship to
relationship....trying, so desperately, to be seen.
If I could get ONE THING into our
younger generations heart- it would be that YOU ARE ALREADY SEEN! You ARE
ALREADY LOVED! YOU ARE PERFECT AS YOU ARE!
But, the seek and they look and they
are never satisfied.....they want to be loved, they want to be seen as
beautiful..prince charming to ride in on a horse and sweep them away. Here's the
reality: Prince Charming had thorns thrust upon His head and was nailed to a
cross. How much more could our God see us - than when He died on the cross for
us?? There is a banquet set for us...a banquet table that we can dine at - in
the presence of our enemies...we are promised to be fed, to be taken care of,
to be nurtured...while the enemies of our soul - jealousy, anger, bitterness,
disappointment, self loathing - are all unable to get near us. We sit at a
table of white - with food laid out everywhere -and I imagine that Jesus is
sitting with me- and I am lost in His presence - not even aware of the enemies
that long to take me out. But that is not where we choose to sit!! What do we
do???? We put on pauper clothes and we fight and hunger for the crumbs that
fall from the table- with the demons digging their claws in our backs....we
succumb to low self esteem , being invisible, not being seen, or heard.
Seeking, looking for a crumb of attention and affection from the world.
NO, NO, NO!!!! It just wasn't meant
to be this way!!!!!
.
I got to speak to this young lady
yesterday, of El Roi...the God who sees her. That she is a daughter of the KING
OF KINGS. She is already beautiful in every way, She is already perfect. We all
make mistakes- but when we repent and we turn back to God - He washes us clean -
shines our tiara and straightens out our royal robes. If we could all figure
out who we are in God FIRST- then give our hearts away to another - would we all
be sitting at the banquet table? Would we all feel the love that is reserved
for us?
El Roi - sees us. He knows us. He
loved us first......think on that - He loved us FIRST. As she seeks for love
and tries to find beauty - there is a pool of love already there - for her to
dive into. But, instead we choose to die of thirst, in the presence of the
living water.
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