The lack of friends has started to put a strain on my relationship with Joshua as I look to him to meet more of my needs. And guess what, he can't. He is not perfect and just can't be everything to me.
The Lord broke through to me this morning at church. It came through a song of worship and a reminder of a message my dad shared a few weeks ago while I was home visiting them. It was a message of Christ's love for us! His perfect, all fulfilling love.
The song we sang today was a David Crowder song, How He Loves. The lyrics are below:
He is jealous for me, Loves like a hurricane, I am a tree, Bending beneath the weight of his wind and mercy. When all of a sudden, I am unaware of these afflictions eclipsed by glory, And I realise just how beautiful You are, And how great Your affections are for me. And oh, how He loves us so....
And we are His portion and He is our prize, Drawn to redemption by the grace in His eyes, If his grace is an ocean, we’re all sinking. And heaven meets earth like an unforeseen kiss, And my heart turns violently inside of my chest, I don’t have time to maintain these regrets, When I think about, the way… He loves us, Oh how He loves us...
Those words encouraged me to think about His love and how it cannot fail me. He can fullfill all the loneliness and longings my heart can have.
I will close this blog with scripture speaking of the depth of Christ's love, Ephesians 3: 14-19,
"... that you being rooted and grounded in love, may have the strength to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth, and to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowedge..."
- Stephanie
2 comments:
Thanks for sharing your heart Stephanie. I keep praying for good friends for you. -Renee
Oh Stephanie, I feel your loneliness! Hang in there, God will provide friends for you. I will also be praying!
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