All About "ME"

I awoke this morning with this overwhelming feeling that I needed to write today.  Funny, because I haven't had this strong of a feeling in awhile, so I asked the Lord, "Okay, so what do I write about?"  Silence...."I'm waiting, Lord.  I felt the nudge now give me the words."  Still, silence.  So, I sat and I waited and I waited some more. Finally, in a small, almost silent whisper I heard, "Me." I wanted to ignore that response but as is custom for the Holy Spirits urging, the response didn't change.  I just kept hearing, "Me." So, here I go.

The "Me" I writing about is not "me"; it's the "Me" who is, who was and who is to come; it's the "Me" that whispered to my heart this morning, Jesus Christ. Now, the subject of Jesus Christ, is something that I could write pages about. I could talk about His love, His grace, His mercy, His compassion, His supremacy, His sacrifice, and His miracles, but for today I want to talk about His desire. The desire that He has for us. 

Websters defines desire as to long for or hope for.  Jesus longs for a relationship with us.  For many the thought of relationship in and of itself is scary. But the relationship that Jesus desires to have with us is not meant to be scary. In fact, relationship with Him, is probably the easiest relationship anyone could have.  Unlike our human relationships, where we sometimes feel the need to be someone we are not or we fear disappointing the other, a relationship with Jesus is a come as you are relationship.  Jesus, doesn't care what we look like; He understands our mood swings and knows all of our failures; Jesus knows we're not perfect and we are sure to disappoint Him, but Jesus accepts us, just as we are, and loves us just the same.  In relationship with Him, there is no scorecard of wrongs or reminders of your weaknesses, there is just pure, unadulterated love and acceptance.

Personally, I struggled with human relationships for years.  I never felt that who I am was good enough for any human relationship.  I pretended to be who I thought people wanted me to be- an actress on the stage of relationships. I was never, the real me, in front of anyone, because the real me, I was sure would bring disappointment.  It wasn't until many years later, that I learned that Jesus Christ desired a relationship with the real me, not the actress, just me and it was the most liberating thing I have ever experienced. I didn't have to go through months of relationship therapy or work through a checklist of wrongs to right to have this relationship; I simply had to run into His waiting arms.  I envision His tears of joy as I finally met His desire and He wraps me in His loving arms.  There are no feelings of inadequacy or imperfection in this relationship, for in His eyes I am perfect.  Through His sacrifice, I am forgiven, therefore I don't have to beg for His forgiveness, He just gives it. Relationship with Jesus is easy, it's free, it's safe, and it ours for the taking, all we have to do is accept and believe.

When you enter into this unconditional kind of relationship with Jesus Christ, the rest of life's relationships become easier. When you can accept that Jesus is accepting of you with all your faults and failures, you find it easier to accept others with all their faults and failures.  When you can accept that Jesus forgives all your sins, you find it easier to forgive others.  When you enter into a relationship with Jesus, you do away with the scorecards, you love more easily and you accept others more openly.  Whew, what a liberating feeling!

If you don't have a relationship with Jesus, please know that the greatest desire of His heart is to know you and for you to know Him.  Simply ask Him to come into your heart and accept His infinite love.  If you have a relationship with Jesus, know that the greatest desire of His heart is to grow deeper in relationship with you.  He wants you to rely on Him in ALL things, the good, the bad and the ugly.

Until next time...this actress has exited stage left!
God Bless,
Cat