May 16: FIND HIM ALL OVER AGAIN.

Affirmation: I allow myself to love who I am, not who I “should” be.

I am imperfect and I am enough.
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Ponder, Personalize, Practice: Today my focus continues on memorizing and pondering and personalizing. The phrase: “I have redeemed you” is powerful. God has redeemed or saved me. Chosen me. You and I are loved and cherished. ❤️ What are you thinking about today?


Do not fear, for I have redeemed you; I have summoned you by name; you are mine. ISAIAH 43:1

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May 16

SOMETIMES GOD LETS US LOSE HOPE FOR A MOMENT SO WE'LL RETRACE OUR STEPS AND FIND HIM ALL OVER AGAIN. 

The Lord is not slow in keeping his promise, as some understand slowness. Instead he is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance. 
2 PETER 3:9 

If I ever pick up a memoir, it's usually by someone who is almost done with their race in life. Why? As they walk us through their story, they recount years of wandering down paths that didn't seem to make sense. Maybe they left their job as a pastor and spent the next five years working as a real estate agent before deciding to go back to school to become a nurse. Sometimes they took detours that led to dead ends. A couple of things worked for a while, and even more didn't. 


Reading these stories is encouraging because we all feel lost so often in our lives, and it's comforting to see people who looked lost for a while when they were actually in the process of finding their way. I'm reminded to stay calm when I can't see how one chapter fits in with the larger story because the path looks more like a single wave than a straight line. 


Sometimes God lets us lose hope for a moment so we'll retrace our steps and find Him all over again. God gave us agency so we're free to choose Him the way we're free to choose one another. It's one of the qualities of relationships that makes love so sweet. The people who love us weren't forced to-they chose us because they wanted us. God wants us to want Him enough to find Him. 


God is looking for the same kind of relationship with us. He won't force us to love Him, so sometimes He lets us wander in our circumstances until love compels us to make our way back to Him. Don't panic when a chapter of your story doesn't make sense. God writes really great stories, and He'll write His next one in your life if you'll find your way back to Him. 


What about your life right now is causing confusion in you?

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