Letter to Me

Sweet Kallie,

Now that you are awakened after this past weekend at the Stirred Conference in Georgia, and you are beginning your Step Study in Celebrate Recovery, there are many things that I desire for you. The first would be an ever-increasing passionate pursuit of the one true God who has truly set you free…really…not in religious terms but in reality. I hope that you would understand more of His heart for you and His desires for your life with Him. Kallie, He has saved you so that you might display His splendor and so that you can learn to be wholly satisfied in Him alone. Don’t let the things of the world, or even people in this world, occupy the place in your heart that God longs for you to invite Him into on a moment to moment daily basis. There is lots of room for others too, but God must be the Number One in your heart or you will not experience the beautiful joy waiting to be had in life. Remember, He is life. He is beautiful, and when he looks at you He sees a beautiful one as well…even you!! He has created you in love and has been with you for all 31 years of your life thus far, and He will always be with you…even into eternity! In those awful times of severe pain, He has cried for you and has prayed for you – that you may be healed. He longs for you with an everlasting love, and waits in hope for you to allow Him to occupy every single part of your life. He is not rude, but is kind and gentle, and waits for you to seek His companionship…though at the same time He pursues you like “the Hound Dog of Heaven”.

I write these things to give you hope, knowing that true hope is found only in Him. I want for you to learn to intentionally seek God, even in the midst of inconvenience and pain. He will meet you there. You are meant to be a beacon of hope to many others, so wake up and learn to walk in that great truth! Some of my goals for you in the coming eight months are that you will shout with God so that your walls of self-protection might fall to the ground in complete ruin! Let others in. Trust God with your heart. Know that others are not perfect, and will always let you down in the end, but God desires for you to have intimate communion with bible-believing ladies so that you may encourage one another and spur one another onto good works. Seek God’s help in being kind with your mother and patient with her in her pain. Be a source of encouragement in the LORD to her, rather than always being angry and short-tempered. Spend as much time as is possible with your brothers! Try to reach out to your dad. Let love permeate your life, as you learn how vast and deep God’s love really is…and that it will never run dry! Don’t ever give up hope. The enemy has had a death threat out on your life, but God has won the victory in that area already! He has granted you life, and life more abundantly in Christ, who is victorious! You are a daughter of the risen King Jesus and that means that you always have a living and abiding hope within you. You are precious and loved. Seek to know His love and to share it with the world – even being light in the darkest of places. That is my greatest hope for you. For there are faith, hope, and love…but the greatest of these is always love. May His love light your path and direct your steps.

Grace and peace,

“Your Kallie”