i found a few blog post drafts that i had forgotten all about....finding drafts of blog posts is like finding $5 in your coat pocket when you put it on after it's been hanging in your closet for 3 seasons. or like finding a mini-snickers in your purse that you thought you'd cleaned out (that happened today). or realizing that you have more on a giftcard than you thought you did! pure gift. thought i'd share some of what i found...
this link is to an article all about head knowledge and heart knowledge and truly experiencing the Love God has for us. the article meant alot to me when a friend shared it - and it meant alot to me when i re-read it earlier today.
this link is to an interview with brennan manning (he'd make my list of all time favorite humans if i was to make such a list) about living as God's beloved.
this link is to an article all about head knowledge and heart knowledge and truly experiencing the Love God has for us. the article meant alot to me when a friend shared it - and it meant alot to me when i re-read it earlier today.
this link is to an interview with brennan manning (he'd make my list of all time favorite humans if i was to make such a list) about living as God's beloved.
And THIS (the following 6 paragraphs) are some thoughts I shared with my friend who shared the first article with me...i'm not sure when i wrote this (sometime in the last 2-3 years while we were on the Africa Mercy - during one of our summers in Durban) but it's all still very much true.
...that article resonates with me in so many different ways.
...that article resonates with me in so many different ways.
i was waiting for a “quiet moment” to read the article- when i could give it my full attention and heart - because i had a feeling it was going to be special. so i came in from my run this morning - (a super early run right on the beach here in durban..we carpool over there, run and get back in time for people to get ready for work) to a quiet cabin (it feels like a miracle when children are sleeping and it’s past 7:00am!). so i showered and fixed a cup of coffee and sat with the Lord and this article.
what kay wrote is so much of what i’ve felt/have been feeling. i love it when God gives someone else words to help express what’s been in my head and heart - and, of course, it’s comforting to know that i’m not the only one thinking/feeling this way!!
that “how does it get from your head to your heart?” is such a recurring question. i love how she used the phrase “the gift of a nervous breakdown.” there have been moments when i’ve wondered if i’ve been close to something of that nature…i’m definitely feeling more broken than i can ever remember feeling…but i also feel more sure of His love and acceptance of me than i can ever remember feeling.
i love that Love is here. in the mess. in the real. in the good. in the bad. in the everything that is dianna...Love is here. i still don't know how to fully live in it…but i’ll keep trusting.
"Love believes in me…and it never lets me go.” that’s beautiful!
maybe something in one of the links - or in my rambling words - made you think or caused you to ask questions or provided some peace or reassurance. feel free to share any findings/questions/encouragement with me... diannacash@yahoo.com
may we all experience the love of God today - in all of its mysterious, unfathomable fullness.
