Love is the miracle.

I had a light bulb moment today. 

 

I was sitting on a balcony in Cambodia talking with a friend, when
instantly I was back standing on the side of a mountain Peru.

 

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Our home hung over the Huancayo valley, tucked away in the Andes
Mountains. There was nothing around us
for miles, nothing but God’s beautiful creation. It is the most gorgeous place I have ever
seen. 

 

Hills of rolling greens, sprinkled with wild flowers. 

 

We lived in a mud hut that month, froze our butts off, didn’t shower
for weeks, and we ate rice and potatoes for every meal. Our team would sit around our table beneath
the stars every night and drink coffee and hot tea. It was one of my favorite months of the
Race. 

 

One day in particular, our team was down in the “shire” praying and
worshipping the Lord together. The sun
was setting behind us, and as we looked out over the valley and cast our eyes
on the mountains before us…. our Father unveiled his glory for us to see. And as the clouds that hung over the
mountains in front of us parted, it revealed the snow-covered mountains and
glacier, a sight…that for a lack of better words, would take your breath away.

 

It stood there in all its beauty and glory, as if to say “Have a look
at how glorious and beautiful I am.”

 

And that’s when I heard it. That
ever so quiet whisper of the Lord….”Do you get it? ….Can you see it, feel it? Do you know???…..”

 

“Know what,” I said.

 

 

My heart was stunned…..humbled……full. 

 

 

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I was sitting in church earlier this week, when I realized…love is the
miracle. Love is the miracle
that everyone so desperately seeks to experience. Most would say that all they want to see is a
miracle happen. They desire to see
healing, provision, or manifestation….but at the end of it all, what I am
coming to discover is that we secretly, or not so secretly, desire in our
hearts to experience love, His love. 

 

But we don’t know how to do that. We lay in bondage to things like pride, hurt, and feeling unworthy.

 

It’s a lie from the enemy, and it plagues the generations. Somewhere in all of this, the enemy has
gotten into the business of crafting this lie, and we so often fall trap to it.

 

But lucky for us, we have a fearless Father…and He fights for us. 

 

There’s nothing that the Father wouldn’t do for us……..

 

……and if that means taking us out of our home and comfort, to the
depths of the nations around the world to reveal His love for us, then he will
do it. 

 

The Father says that we are

 

WORTHY

&

LOVED OUTRAGEOUSLY.

 

There is nothing we could do to ever change that, no matter how many
times we think we fail, screw up, or reject it. 

 

It’s our choice to receive.

 

 

“Feel what? I said.”