It’s important for me that you guys all know my viewpoint on the love of God, how He makes me feel, and how I might express those feelings.
My whole life I’ve been drawn to symbolism. Meaning, I’m not one to turn my cheek to a good simile or metaphor. Not only are these literary tools fun to figure out, but they serve as a messenger of feeling and emotion when our English language doesn’t provide the proper vocabulary necessary for us to simply express ourselves. I feel this way when I talk about the love of God. I find myself so limited in the words I can use to portray my feelings, or whatever I’m feeling inside of me, and I yearn for an outlet that will allow me to show what I feel. I believe symbolism, relationship of experiences, and a common understanding of the vibes of the world will be my way to share to everybody how God’s love has affected me.
So, I’m going to share some experiences of mine that can relate to God…
My Holy Father, my Savior, the Messiah, Jesus Christ….
When I feel your love washing over me I feel like the whole world has fallen away and nothing is left but the soft caress of a perfectly fluffed pillow against my cheek. I’m swept away by the warmth of Your presence, like dozing next to a warm fire on a frigid winter’s eve- the smell of the firewood surrounding me like a thick blanket of security and home. When I feel Your power working through my life I feel the rumble of thunder beginning at the tips of my toes and working its way up and into every part of being. I feel the surge of a huge wave crashing against the shore that I run to in the middle of the night when I have nowhere else to go. When I imagine your mercy, it feels like the perfect set of waves forming into beautifully crafted barrels of crystal clear saltwater. Every time you forgive me for another awful sin, my entire body is flooded with a joy that smells like a bookstore, and Christmas, and jasmine, and every time I think about You, Lord, I think about all of the amazing and gorgeous and powerful and marvelous works that have happened in my life and in the world. There is no way I can think of You simply, for our diction is inadequate to explain or capture Your greatness. This is why everything about You is better than the laugh of my best friend, the rustle of tree leaves, sand in between my toes, reading a good book, wind in my hair, and everything else about my life that makes it worth living. That is why You are the biggest reason my life is worth living.
God has granted me the ability to put into feeling what I can’t put into words. I hope you can understand the feelings I get when I experience each of these events and can relay that into how I feel about God.
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