Feeling overwhelmed.
The good kind, though.
The kind of overwhelmed you get when you experience just a taste of the magnitude of God's love. When you feel the way He treasures your heart and your dreams and your desires. When you're blown away by the kindness and blessings of those He's lovingly and carefully placed around you. When your ears are tuned to His voice, a voice that delights when yours calls out for Him.
His love is Deep. Wide. Fierce. Strong. Furious.
God drew me to Isaiah 49 today: a chapter that shouts of His love, redemption, and beauty displayed in Jesus Christ. These verses drew me to my knees. As the Lord is reminding Zion that He loves them and has not forgotten them, He says:
"Can a woman forget her nursing child, that she should have no compassion on the son of her womb? Even these may forget, yet I will not forget you. Behold, I have engraved you on the palms of my hands…" – Isa. 49:15-16
Feel the weight of this! The God of all, the Creator of the heavens and the earth, the God who set the stars in the sky, who carved out the mountains, who dreamt up the platypus in that complex, mind-boggling, infinite mind of His – the all-powerful, all-knowing, all-present Lord of the Universe has your name lovingly scrawled across His hand.
My name.
I, in all my sinfulness, in all my flaws, in all my brokenness, am an object of affection and bought with a price. I am HIS. Those hands that are permanently tattooed with love for me are the same ones that were pierced for my sins.
The World needs to hear this truth. There are babies in Rwanda who need to hear that even if their mom abandoned them, God will not! There are men in Lithuania that need to hear that even in their deepest pit of darkness and loneliness, there is a Savior that loves them wildly. There are young women in Cambodia that need to hear that even if their earthly Father sold them into a life of prostitution, their Heavenly Father cherishes their heart and holds them close.
He has redeemed me, shared His heart with me, lovingly armed me for battle, and walked into the fire with me to take this message to the ends of the earth.
The world needs His love and He deserves their praises!
I appreciate those of you that have partnered with me in ministry and helped to fund me for my journey. You guys give me the warm/fuzzies and I am blown away by God blessing me through you.
I am 11% funded for my 11 in 11 journey. You all are incredible and I appreciate you heartening me for this journey. Still got 89% left to go and I am excited to see how God continues to show off! Thank you for your prayerful and financial support.
In His AWEsome Love,
Bre
