On many Fridays we'll include a Blog Post from someone outside of HVPC speaking to our subject of deepening ones relationship with God:Today we have a word from Sara DeVane, a minister at First Baptist in Jamestown, NC:
For many of us, the task of “growing deeper” in
our relationship with God is a daunting one because we struggle with
feelings of inadequacy, like we are already behind in being the good,
right disciple of God’s. Before we can begin reading more scripture,
praying more, and/or finding more opportunities to serve the needy, we
must first take steps in acknowledging that God sees us and God loves
us. Period. God loves us. Whether we take one more step in trying to
grow closer, scripture is overflowing with stories, situations, and
actually words in red telling us that God loves us. God loves you, just
as you are today!
Take a moment, right now, and rest in the
knowledge that God loves you, just as you are, without changing another
thing. YOU! How does that sit with you? Do you feel the strength,
compassion, and grace that come from God’s true and unconditional love?
This is my challenge to you. Before you begin to fill your schedules
with more things, even though they are very good efforts to grow closer
to the Father, take time today to acknowledge and accept the love that
your God is lavishing upon you. Let God’s love surround you. Let it
cover you. Let God love you for who you are. From that place of grace,
then begin to make small but definitive steps in your day to day world
that reflect God’s amazing love. You will find yourself growing closer,
getting stronger, and feeling more at peace simply because you choose
to accept the love that God has for you!
Walk today in God’s love, the unconditional love that is yours!
“So we have known and believe the love that God has for us. God is love,
and those who abide in love abide in God, and God abides in them.”- 1 John 4:16
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