To: My beautiful yet wounded love
From: Papa
“Son. Daughter.
I am sorry.
I am sorry that the Church has failed you. You were created to be loved, and yet My very children, the children I specifically told to LOVE YOU, have failed you. That is not My heart for you. You are made to be loved and loved well at that.
I did not come into the world to condemn you, and yet you feel condemned by the very people called to represent Me on this earth. But they were not sent into the world to condemn the world any more than I was.
So no more.
The people that told you that you needed to be perfect BEFORE coming to me? They were wrong. They didn’t know any better because they didn’t understand My love and grace. You don’t need to be perfect on your own. It’s My job to make you perfect, and I am really good at it if you will let Me show you how.
The people who told you that I hate you? That’s not true either. You were intricately woven in your mother’s womb, and I created you intentionally. Why would I hate something I worked so hard on? I made you PERFECTLY for the plans I have for you.
I said that in this life you will have troubles. That’s a given. But feeling unloved was NEVER a part of My plan for you. This is not a burden that you are meant to carry. I have given you a variety of helpers to love you into growth, the chief of which is My Spirit. I also adopted you into a family, and that family’s job is to not only help you but also to love you as I love you. And they failed.
But hear Me when I say this: I love them too. They make mistakes. They fall short and fail often. Yet that does not change the way I feel about the Church. And I want you to know that even when they fail you, I won’t. That’s one way the body of Christ does not accurately reflect me. And that aches my heart for you.
To the Church:
I called you to love others, even the ones who are hard to love. Even the ones who don’t love you. Even the ones who hate you, the ones who persecute you, and the ones who abuse you. Because that is exactly what I went through to show you love My love in the first place. So reflect Me in this. Die to your own desires and love anyway. If you think this is an impossible task, remember that I AM with you and will show you the most excellent way to love.
A way of love that is not self-seeking and not envious.
A love that is pure and true.
A love that stretches even the very concept of love that you were taught to believe.
But in order to see this, you need to let go. Let go of your desire to get even with the ones who hurt you. Let go of your desire to be loved back by those you are trying to love. Let go of your desire to be surrounded by familiar friends and family all of the time. None of that is promised. What is promised is Me.
I love you. And I love that I love you. Go and do likewise.”
In all things, be blessed!
AG
