That longing for authenticity.
And by authenticity, I mean a deep, deep longing to know Him more. To know His Heart for me. To know His Heart for this world. For the sorrow. For the heartache. For the suffering.
His Whispers. His Whisper to my heart. Calling me deeper, closer, nearer.
I suppose, I am weary of speaking and writing of grief. But when you lose, and lose, and lose some more...
...it consumes your thoughts and makes your heart very heavy. And you have to express it. You have to just let it out. I think God wants to use it, too. To bring Healing. To bring Redemption. To mend the broken. To show His Love in and through the painful circumstances.
Because beyond the great, terrible, aching, all-consuming pain and heart-cry and agony...
There is His LOVE. And truly, TRULY it is GREATER. He is GREATER. He is STRONGER.
Because He cares. He carries us and longs for us. He sees our hurt, our anger, our helplessness, our weariness, our bitterness, our confusion, our longing...longing for wholeness once more.
And He has COMPASSION. And UNDERSTANDING. He is not far off. He is NEAR. He cradles us. He runs His Hand through our hair like the dear FATHER He is, and He cradles us, comforts us.
We need to know Him. That's what we were created for. And He's waiting for, longing after, desiring our hearts. He longs to fill all that is empty. All that is void. He longs to mend all that is broken.
And when the storm rages. And rages. And rages. RELENTLESSLY. seemingly, relentlessly.
He is cradling us in His Arms. We may not see it. We may not feel it through the deep, deep pain. But He will meet us there. We have to let Him in. He's knocking. Bidding us, "COME HOME".
Come deeper. Let Him draw you in. Let His Sweetness draw you in. He sent His only Son, and the volume that this speaks of His Love is SO GREAT. You are welcome to come just as you are. Ashes, and all.
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