God has taught me more about my relationship to Him through my relationship with Traci than through just about any other means. From spending years being spurned in pursuit of her to learning about unconditional love to the concepts of covenant, God has been very much a hands on teacher throughout our time together, not to mention that He has impeccable sense of humor.
He had yet another lesson to reveal to me today while I was getting ready.
For those of you who are married you will hopefully be able to relate, and for those of you who are single you will hopefully be able to relate. Whenever you finally cross that final hurdle from singledom to married life, a shift happens in your mentality about different aspects of the rest of the world outside of your marriage.
The act of getting ready to go any place from church to work to out with friends loses that huge cloud of anxiety that used to hang over it because you no longer have to worry about possibly meeting the person of your dreams because you have already found them. You do not have to freak out about what you are going to wear or how you look or how you need act. You just go out as yourself knowing that your spouse loves you and knowing that you do not have to be controlled by having to impress each person that you encounter.
Life activities also become drastically easier because you know that no matter where you are going, what event you are attending, or who you will be spending time with are not that important because if nothing else you know that you will be with the person that you love the most and who loves you the most.
There are probably countless other examples, but those were two that really struck me today, and I believe God was telling me that those same emotions reflect exactly how our relationship with God should shape our mentalities.
We should be so secure in His love for us that we no longer need to spend our time seeking the approval or acceptance of others for our validation. We do not have to go looking for other people to make us feel good about ourselves or to build us up because we can rest confidently in His love. We should also feel completely comfortable to simply be ourselves because we know that He loves us unconditionally as that person. Therefore, we do not need to try and shape ourselves to fit the opinions or standards of others because His love is more than enough for us.
He also always wants us to feel at peace and free of fear, regardless of our situations, circumstances, or environment because we know that no matter what we encounter we get to be with the One that we love the most and the One that loves us the most.
To finish this up, I would like to ask you to take some time and really consider the magnitude of His love for each and every person, and not just people as a whole or all other people, but especially for you. The Bible says that His thoughts about you outnumber the grains of sand; just think about how unfathomably huge that is. He loves you desperately, and He desperately wants to you realize, recognize, and to truly receive that love. When your eyes are opened to His love for you, it will allow you to live a life without worry, fear, or anxiety. It is an incredibly freeing feeling to bask in the infinite love of God….you should try it some time!
