We’re all women here, right? Who doesn’t love a sweet, from the heart love letter? Thought so.
My “love language” is words of affirmation {if you don’t know yours, you MUST find out…http://www.5lovelanguages.com/…read the book too}.
What does “words of affirmation” mean? It means that what you say to me sticks like hot glue right to my heart. I need and crave positive words affirming me as a woman, mom, friend, sister, daughter, co-worker, on and on. Words fill my love tank. And words can empty it too.
I’m 38 years old and recently remarried. I’ve only been calling Jesus my BFF for about 5 years now. Before that I was hell on wheels. I made every mistake in the book. I loved the wrong people, hurt myself and everyone around me, made horribly, dumb decisions….BUT I lived to tell about it. God has been pursuing my heart for a very long time. Looking back I can see it, see HIM there beside me. I ignored Him…never even saw Him, really. And then one day the tug to my heart was too much to bear. I finally let go and let God take over.
My life has never been the same since.
I’ve learned that people often view God as they view their earthly father. If you have a good, loving dad, you tend to see God that way too. If you had a distant, uncaring dad, unfortunately, you see God that way too. I find it hard at times to see God close to me, caring for me and there if I need Him. Of course, He is and always has been just that….THERE.
There are sooooo many blessings that have come from that decision to let God in. My family tree has literally changed. My girls have a realtionship with God like I never knew a kid could have. That makes my heart overflow with gratitude to Him for not only changing me, but changing them.
The biggest blessing I’ve received, though? My husband Mark. Not only does he write me sweet love letters once in a while, but he models for my girls exactly what they should be looking for in a husband. He is the answer to my biggest prayer. Our marriage is not easy but it is where God meant for us both to be. Nevermind that Mark makes me over the top happy, but he is laying a path in my girls’ hearts to NEVER settle for anything less than what God has prepared for them. They will have healthy, productive, joy-filled {not always easy but blessed none the less} marriages because they see what a REAL God made man looks like. WHAT A BLESSING.
I am taken aback on a regular basis by the love that God has for me and the fact that He has given me far more than I deserve. He has never given up on me in a world where I’ve been written off more times than I can count. He pursued me when I was running away as fast as I could….and He caught me. He listens when I speak to Him, He crys with me when I cry, He laughs at me on a regular basis {I’m positive of that….I fall UP the stairs, people} and He holds my hand when I need it held….in fact, He has never let it go. He has written a love letter on my heart that NO ONE can take away from me.
And what girl doesn’t love a sweet, from the heart love letter?
Watch this video for a love letter from God:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kEfJpJ1lhQc