Divine Affection
I spent the last week in Ireland. A few months ago heard God calling me to come away with Him, to go to the place I first heard the call to missions. And so I went, the affection of the Father hitting me full force, wrecking my fear with His love and displacing impossibilities. It's His affection that so deeply reshapes us that we become unrecognizable. Our lives don't make sense without this love. We exist by and for and in it; there is nothing else and we need nothing else.
I spent the week listening to my Father speak while driving on tiny, winding roads through incredible landscapes, my heart being reshaped at every turn by His love. On one certain day I felt led to go to a cafe I first visited 13 years ago and ran into a friend. I went to a few other places I had visited before and it felt a bit like a homecoming, yet my heart has also journeyed far since then. And I spent some time with a lovely family in the south where I was able to rest, take long walks in the sunshine, and find the family of God .
All this culminated in a new depth of understanding that Abba is very fond of me. And just because He feels this way about all of us doesn't lessen the individual impact of the earth-shattering truth. His thoughts are higher than ours and so is His limitless ability to love His children. Ask Him how He feels about you, and find yourself smiling real big as you dare to believe that what He says really is true.
“Prayer is simply relaxing and delighting in Jesus with no agenda except celebrating the deep affection between you.”
