I had a dream last night, about a verse in the bible.
Yup. I am a bible geek.
It was
"Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect"
(Matthew 5:48).
I kept questioning the word "PERFECT",
and yes I am a questioner!
For thE word
PERFECT
was my mantra growing up,
as I BELIEVED that if
I tried to be
PERFECT
and even try to look
PERFECT,
then I would be
LOVED PERFECTLY.
For when a child doesn't feel
LOVED,
then what does a child do?
TRY HARDER to be PERFECT.
Yet,
PERFECT was never PERFECT enough,
because I could always be
BETTER.
So now what?
If in the STRIVING to be PERFECT
doesn't "earn" the status of being
LOVED,
then what does?
Well fast forward
to the day
I found
PERFECT LOVE.
And yes it is from my hubby,
but actually
more PERFECT LOVE than the way he
LOVES me.
Yup.
The day I RECEIVED
the LOVE OF GOD
because of
the LOVE OF JESUS.
Now this sounds so
CHRISTIAN~ESE,
but it isn't.
IT IS PERFECT LOVE.
A LOVE that LOVES you just as you are,
as you are being LOVED to become who GOD created you to be.
For when you meet with
GOD,
whether through prayer
or just having a morning espresso with HIM,
you are in the
PRESENCE of LOVE.
No questions asked,
because of
THE LOVE OF JESUS
who covers every IMPERFECT part of you,
from the moment you
RECEIVE HIS PERFECT LOVE
that HE demonstrated on the CROSS.
Therefore,
when you & I & everyone else
embraces
HIS
PERECT LOVE~
"there is now no condemnation [no guilty verdict, no punishment]
for those who are in CHRIST JESUS
[who believe in HIM as personal LORD and SAVIOR]"
(Romans 8:1).
Did you catch it?
NO CONDEMNATION!
If there is NO CONDEMNATION IN CHRIST JESUS,
then why CONDEMN yourself?
If there is NO CONDEMNATION IN CHRIST JESUS,
then why ingest the CONDEMNING words of others?
If there is NO CONDEMNATION IN CHRIST JESUS,
then why would you ever ever ever think LESS of yourself
when GOD thinks the world of you
because
"GOD SO LOVED THE WORLD
THAT HE SENT HIS ONE AND ONLY SON" (John 3:16).
But let's not just skim over those words.
RECEIVE AND BELIEVE them~
“This is how much GOD loved the world:
HE gave HIS SON, HIS one and only SON.
And this is why: so that no one need be destroyed;
by believing in HIM, anyone can have a whole and lasting life. GOD didn’t go to all the trouble
of sending HIS SON merely to point an accusing finger,
telling the world how bad it was.
HE came to help, to put the world right again.
Anyone who trusts in HIM is acquitted;
anyone who refuses to trust HIM has long since been under the death sentence without knowing it.
And why?
Because of that person’s failure to believe
in the ONE-OF-A-KIND SON of GOD when introduced to HIM"
(John 3:16 MSG).
Now that is
THE NO CONDEMNATION
of
PERFCT LOVE!
Therefore,
Let's
PUT INTO PRACTICE
LIVING as PERFECTLY LOVED
by
RELEASING ALL
the WORDS of CONDEMNATION
that you may put on yourself
and the WORDS of CONDEMNATION
that other's may have or may be putting on you
by
RECEIVING AND BELIEVING in
the
PERFECT LOVE OF JESUS
that is
a FORGIVING LOVE
that LOVES PERFECTLY.
Case Closed.
CHALK TALK 106:
You are
"PERFECTLY LOVED"
(listen to the song below)
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