Fall in love while you are young

Fall in love while you are young. This is the best advice I can give to young people these days. Fall in love while you are young, and avoid ALL manner of craziness, pitfalls, and heartache in this life.

I mean it. It's no joke.

The single most important thing you can do in this lifetime is to fall in love. It is actually the purpose of your life, of being alive. And this is not some cheesy religious rant where I'm gonna pull the ol' switcheroo on you and tell you that, of course, I mean you need to fall in love with God. I am going to tell you the real reasons behind things, behind life, behind falling in love with another human being, behind falling in love in general, and you'll automatically fall in love with God.

See God knows what He's doing. He's set life up the way He has for a reason. He's really smart. And it's all designed to get you in love. Love love love. It's the answer to life.

But, I speak, firstly and foremostly, as I always do, to religious people. Everyone else will certainly benefit, and it is a message for everybody... but it's especially a message to those of you/us in the religious community. I will say to you, very plainly, that if you would focus on love inside of a relationship with God, as your first, major, and primary goal, you WILL save tons and tons of heartache. Trust me. There is so much crap to be avoided, dispensed with, and done away with, and it can all be done by simply falling in love with Him.

This post is titled, "The dynamic of relationship," as the titling option for my little blog here seems to be not working. The dynamic of relationship.

Now, this is a little departure from the main theme that we've been on about being loved, but a good friend of mine said it to me today, and I believe that it's worth posting. So there will be more on being loved, cause that's the most important message right now.

And now, for the dynamic of relationship.

Everything that we do, especially in our spiritual lives, our walks with the Lord, must be subject to, or practiced in, done, in the dynamic of relationship. In other words, everything that we do, our prayers, our Bible reading, our use of our spiritual gifts, our service, everything, has to be done while having and out of a relationship with Him. This is the only way any of it will work. It's the only way any of it will bear any real fruit. Two Bible verses come to mind, the entire passage about Jesus being the vine and we being the branches, ("abide in me and I in you, and you will bear much fruit..." and, "apart from Me you can do nothing,") and the one where at the end of time Jesus says to the people that He never Knew them, even though they did a bunch of stuff in his name.

Also, again, and I know I harp on this scripture a lot, but it's because it's so freaking true, faith only works through love, and how can you have any love without a relatonship? How can you love a woman without a woman? (No comments from the peanut gallery.) How can you love your kids without having a relationship with them? How can you receive love from somebody you don't know? You can't receive love from Dolores Jones in Duluth, Minnesota, because you don't know her! The only way you can receive her love is if you spend time with her, get to know her, visit her often, write letters to her, get letters from her, call her on the phone every so often, etc. etc. etc. This is the only way that you can receive love from and give love to Dolores Jones in Duluth, Minnesota. By having a relationship with her.

So the only way that you can receive love from and give love to the Lord is by having a relationship with Him. And you need love in order for your faith to work.

So my suggestion to all of us, to stay on the theme of receiving love and being loved, is to stop whatever we are doing that is not born out of love for Him, true, real, exciting, passionate love, and allow ourselves to be loved by Him, which will, inevitably and irresistably, cause you to fall in love with Him, and... VOILA!! Relationship!!

YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAYY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

It works people, I'm telling you!!!!!!!!!! FAITH WORKS THROUGH LOVE. FAITH WORKS THROUGH LOVE.

FAITH WORKS THROUGH LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOVE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The best thing about all this, (everything I've written in my last four or five posts,) is that it works so different from everything we've BEEN doing. What we've BEEN doing , striving and performing out of fear, always produces the same fruit. Meager pittances, where we have to tell ourselves and each other how good of a job we're doing, and it always suggests that we need to do more. And more. And more and more and more and ad infinatum. But the best thing about receiving love, is that the less you do, the more you are able to receive love.



Whereas before, it was always, "gotta do this, gotta do all these things that I know I have to do to keep my relationship with God going, to keep my spiritual growth going... gotta say the right things, gotta be the right way, gotta read enough Bible, gotta gotta gotta, until you are run ragged and are still faced only with the concept of doing more to make it any better...under this new system, of love, the more things you stop doing, the more you will be able to receive love from Him.

The LESS you do, the more you will be loved by Him. HUH.

When all that's required of you, in this true form of repentance, is to stop all of the things you are doing that are born out of fear, shame, guilt, pride, etc. etc. etc., and the devil has to leave you alone then, because He has no more hooks with which to grab you by, then all that's left for you to do is to be loved. And boy, will it feel good. Rest. True rest for your soul, the kind that you've been longing for for as long as you can remember. The rest of being loved.

And I'll tell you something. THEN you will start to bear fruit. How? Because you will be abiding in Him. By being loved by Him, on a continual basis, you will be at such peace and rest and freedom, that it will blow your family and friends away. You will bear fruit without even having to think about it. You will bear fruit naturally, without even having to try. It'll just come pouring out of you. Real fruit. Real love, real joy, real patience, real kindness, gentleness, faithfulness and self control etc. Real. with no effort involved. Uncontrived, unforced. You will bear fruit in your sleep. Cause He says He gives to his beloved in their sleep. I have news for you. YOU ARE His beloved!!

Jesus said,"Come to ME, all you who are weary and heavy laden, and you will find rest for your souls." He didn't say, "Work hard, and you will find rest for your souls." He didn't say, "Try Harder, and hopefully you can find rest for your souls, maybe..." He said to go to Him. A relationship. Faith only works through love, and love, as stated in my previous post, can only be found in a relationship.

Jesus also said, " The road is narrow, and the way small that leads to life, and few are those that find it."

I believe that what He meant by this is that the way to life is to be loved, by Him, in a relationship with Him, and all your faith will work after that, in which you'll love everybody in your world. You won't be able to help it or stop it. So many people misinterpret this scripture, and because of our faulty wiring, given to us from a sinful, screwed up, backwards world, think that it means that we have to try even that much harder in order to find life. But from my experience, having been on this planet for thirty five years now, (almost thirty six), and seeing the world around me, I don't see mostly people who are letting themselves be loved in humility. I see people, christian and non, who are acting on pride, born of fear, trying to do it on their own. Trying to desperately make up for this lack of love, which, if we would only allow it in, would lead us straight to life.

I know what is wrong with religion. I know what it is that we're missing.

We are missing the most beautiful, absolutely necessary, wonderful, life bringing, life giving, meaning giving, critical thing in the world. It's the one thing that we, especially religious people, need more than anything else. But it's also what everybody needs.

It is the answer to life. It is what we are here for, and it brings life to our lives, and to everything that we do. It is the goal in life and it is the motivation behind life. (or at least should be.) It is the antidote to all of our ills, sins, screw ups, hangups, hurts, failures, mistakes, heartaches, etc. It is the one thing that would set religion on fire, and draw the entire world's eyes to us, as it is more beautiful, astonishing and captivating than anything they can come up with. It is the one thing that can change the world how it really needs to be changed.

It is to learn to allow ourselves to be loved. This, I am convinced, would light up our lives.

We need to learn to let ourselves be loved.

I am convinced that this single event, more than anything else we can do, would evangelize the world.

Because this is what everybody needs. Everybody.

Everybody.

And sometimes what we are doing now is not that. Sometimes, (not all the time), what we are doing now is what we think we are supposed to be doing. And that doesn't really work.

God is love. I don't care how many thousands of sermons you can listen to that lead you in every direction, I don't care how many interpretations of Scripture you learn and listen to, I don't care how much you read your Bible and know it inside and out, I don't care how many books you read, how many conferences you attend... none of it will change the fact of Who He Is. And He is love. I don't care how scared you get, I don't care how hard you try to perform. It will not change the fact that He is love, and because that's who He is then that's what He's going to do. TO YOU.

I DON'T CARE WHO YOU ARE. I DON'T CARE IF YOU ARE IMPORTANT OR UNIMPORTANT. I DON'T CARE IF YOU ARE THE WORST SINNER IN THE WORLD OR THE BEST PERSON IN THE WORLD. I DON'T CARE IF YOU ARE AN ATHIEST. I DON'T CARE IF YOU ARE AN AGNOSTIC. I DON'T CARE IF YOU ARE A GOOD OLD BOY FROM THE SOUTH OR A MUSLIM FROM THE MID-EAST. I DON'T CARE, AND IT DOESN'T MATTER. HE HAS ONLY ONE AGENDA FOR YOU, WHOEVER YOU ARE, AND THAT IS LOVE. I DON'T CARE IF YOU ARE IN PRISON OR IF YOU ARE THE CEO OF OF AN INTERNATIONAL BANK. YOU NEED TO BE LOVED.

What we are often doing, as a race, and as the church, is trying to love ourselves. And we've got to stop. IT HAS TO STOP. A lot of what we do is motivated out of fear. Because we haven't been loved right. And since we haven't been loved right, but are built to be, we act out in all manner of crazy ways. I mean in the world, and I mean in the church. We are all aching and longing to be loved, whether we recognize it, can name it, or not. IT'S THERE. IN ALL OF US. AND IT'S WHAT WE NEED MORE THAN ANY THOUSANDS OF BILLIONS OF SERMONS.

WE NEED TO BE LOVED, WE NEED TO BE LOVED, WE NEED TO BE LOVED!

IT'S THE ONLY WAY THAT IT'S GOING TO WORK. WE'VE GOT TO STOP WHAT WE ARE DOING AND LET OURSELVES BE LOVED! THE WORLD IS DYING BUT IT'S NOT GOING TO BE ATTRACTED TO FEAR. THEY'LL NEVER BE ATTRACTED TO BOREDOM! THEY'LL NEVER BE ATTRACTED TO RITUALS.

THEY'LL NEVER BE ATTRACTED TO MORE BURDENS WHEN ALL THEY ARE TRYING TO DO NOW IS DESPERATELY GET RID OF THE ONES THEY ALREADY HAVE!!!!!!!!!

THEY ARE HUMAN BEINGS JUST LIKE US AND IF WE DON'T LET OURSELVES BE LOVED, THEY'LL NEVER SEE THAT THEY CAN BE LOVED, AND COME.

You've got to stop trying to perform for Him. He doesn't need it. You've got to stop trying to work for Him. He doesn't need that either. You've got to stop being afraid of Him. It just isn't so, WHATEVER you are believing that causes that.

I don't really think we fully understand who we're dealing with here. I mean really. Now get ready for this, brace yourselves, cause it's going to be a shock. This IS GOD. I mean really!!! If we are really dealing with the infinite, all powerful, all loving, omnipresent being who fills the heavens and the earth, who created all life in the first place, who keeps it all going with His power, etc. etc. etc... I mean, if that's who we're really dealing with here, then what we are doing and how we are expressing Him to the world by our fears and insecurities is sad.

PLEASE, TELL YOUR PASTOR, TELL YOUR PARENTS, TELL YOUR FRIENDS, TELL EVERYONE YOU CAN THINK OF TO STOP WHATEVER IT IS THAT THEY ARE DOING THAT IS BORN OUT OF ANYTHING ELSE, AND LET THEMSELVES BE LOVED BY HIM.

It's the only way the world's going to be fixed, and,... it's the only way that YOU are going to be fixed!!

Faith works through love. I DID'NT MAKE THAT UP!! It says so right in the Bible!! Think your faith is not working? Then it's probably due to the fact that THERE'S NO LOVE IN IT!!! Feel guilty? Feel afraid? Feel unworthy? Feel anything but precious in the sight of your creator? Then your faith can't work!! Faith does not work through work, faith does not work through fear, FAITH DOES NOT WORK THROUGH ANYTHING BUT LOVE!!

TO WIT. Take Jesus, as our ultimate example. We would probably all agree that His faith worked pretty well. He had no challenges trusting God, no problems healing the sick, raising the dead, feeding the hungry, loving every single person He ever ran across, laying down His own life for us, and knew absolutely no fear whatsoever. Wouldn't we all like to be like this? So how was He able to be like this and to do all this? It's because His faith was worked. And it worked through love!! I present the following for your consideration...

"And the glory which you have given me I have given them, that they may be one, JUST AS WE ARE ONE; I in them, and YOU IN ME, that they may be perfected in unity, that the world may know that You did send me, and did love them, EVEN AS YOU DID LOVE ME. Father, I desire that they also, whom You have given Me be with Me where I am, in order that they may behold My glory, which You have given me; FOR YOU DID LOVE ME BEFORE THE FOUNDATION OF THE WORLD. O righteous Father, although the world has not known You, YET I HAVE KNOWN YOU, and these have known that you did send me; and I have made your name known to them, and will make it known; THAT THE LOVE WHEREWITH YOU DID LOVE ME may be in them, and I in them."

and...

"Do you not believe that I am in the Father and the Father is in Me? ... Believe Me, that I am in the Father and the Father in me."

And, the coup de gras of all the love scriptures in the entire Bible;

"This is My Beloved Son, IN WHOM I AM WELL PLEASED."

Now, the greatest thing about this last verse, is that GOD SAID THIS ABOUT JESUS BEFORE HE EVER DID ONE THING.

BEFORE HE BEAT THE DEVIL IN HIS TEMPTATIONS, BEFORE HE HEALED ANYBODY WHO WAS SICK, BEFORE HE RAISED LAZARUS FROM THE DEAD, BEFORE HE SUCCESSFULLY DISCIPLED TWELVE OR MORE DISCIPLES, BEFORE HE FED NINE THOUSAND PEOPLE, BEFORE HE WALKED ON WATER, BEFORE HE CALMED THE STORM, BEFORE HE KICKED THE MONEYCHANGERS OUT OF THE TEMPLE, BEFORE HE DIED FOR YOU AND ME, BEFORE HE ROSE FROM THE DEAD, BEAT THE DEVIL, AND SECURED EVERLASTING SALVATION FOR THE SOULS OF ALL THE PEOPLE ON THE FACE OF THE EARTH, PAST PRESENT AND FUTURE... God said that He was pleased with Him!

This tells me something about the nature of love. Namely, that it values the person most of all. It values you because you are you. Period. It doesn't depend on what you do. God is willing, longing, and able to love you regardless of what you do. And, it values you, as I've said before somwhere in the annals of this blog, over and more than getting what it wants done. We, as humans, have a yardstick by which we can measure love. And it is this. Am I valuing you over getting what I want, and subjecting my wants to your value, or am I subjecting you to my wants, and therefore using you in order to get what I want? This is always the litmus test of love. And where did this standard came from? From ourselves? From some renowned psychologist somewhere?? From a self help book? No, this standard comes straight from the One Who is love. The One who is Himself the epitome of love. He is not just the epitome of love, he IS love. And this is how He treats people. No matter what you've been told before, that makes you try to earn it, He loves you perfectly already. Simply because you are who you are and He made you!!

Think of it in heaven. Do you believe that there will not be any stress and strain due to trying so hard, to do all the things we think we're supposed to do and try to be all the things we think we're supposed to be? I believe that. Which tells me that this is the way God works, as heaven is certainly under the rule of Him nd His Kingdom. And which tells me that you can begin to relate to Him like this now. And this is how you will bring God's Kingdom to earth, and His will be done here as it is in heaven! Pretty neat, huh??

Allow yourself to be loved by Him!! It's really neat!

To Review

The most effective way that I can think of to fight spiritual warfare is to: #1 For yourself, BE loved, and #2, for others, LOVE. Here's why.

The devil works by getting us to believe things like fear, guilt, shame, unworthyness, you name it, anything that is not love, not of God, who is love. It's really the only power he has. So the key is for us to not believe those things. That's how we fight spiritual warfare. And when we are loved, it is exactly the opposite of all those lies that the devil tells us. So love dissolves all those lies. Therefore you stop believing them/him. Therefore you win !!!

THEREFORE YOU NEED TO BE LOVED!!!!!! IT IS ABSOLUTELY CRITICAL FOR YOU TO BE LOVED. SOMEWHERE, SOMEHOW, SOME WAY, YOU MUST BE LOVED. IT IS ABSOLUTELY ESSENTIAL FOR YOUR SPIRITUAL, HENCE MENTAL, HENCE PHYSICAL WELL BEING. IT IS YOUR NUMBER ONE DEFENSE. (See previous post,"Be Loved, for instructions on how to do this.)

Next, when looking out for your brothers and sisters in this world, THE ABSOLUTE GREATEST WEAPON, DEFENSE, HELP THAT YOU CAN GIVE THEM IS TO LOVE THEM. BECAUSE THIS WILL TEAR DOWN ALL, I REPEAT, ALL, OF THE LIES OF THE DEVIL AND THE WORLD IN THEIR LIVES. THERE IS NOTHING GREATER THAT YOU CAN DO FOR THEM. THERE IS NO BIGGER, MORE POWERFUL WEAPON THAT YOU CAN EMPLOY, TAKE OUT OF YOUR ARSENAL ON THEIR, ON ANYBODY'S, BEHALF.

Whenever we feel guilt, shame, fear, etc., it gives the devil a place to hook us. BUT IF, BY LOVE, BY BEING LOVED OURSELVES AND LOVING OTHERS, WE CONTINUALLY AND CONSISTENTLY REMOVE ANY PLACES OF ACCESS FOR HIM,

HE WILL HAVE NO ACCESS TO OUR LIVES, AND WE WILL WIN!!

I've said it before, and I'll say it again... and I'll continue to say it throughout time and eternity, THE PURPOSE OF LIFE IS LOVE, FOUND IN RELATIONSHIPS. FOR SO MANY ENDLESS, CRITICALLY IMPORTANT REASONS!

Love is the greatest weapon.

This is also why it is so important for us to love each other, seeing as how love is our best defense. Since love is what we need to combat all spiritual lies and darkness, then every time we love somebody we are fighting spiritual warfare on their behalf. Every time you love somebody you are building up their spiritual defenses. Because you are casting down every thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, who is love. Since God is love, when you love someone you are expressing God to and putting Him into their lives. This is the greatest act of spiritual warfare that you can do. Just love people. It's all God does, and it works.

Love is the greatest weapon we have. Christians, humans, everybody. As we saw in my last post, Be Loved, love is our own best weapon against all forms of spiritual warfare. Being loved tears down EVERY lie of the enemy in our lives. And as it is with us, so it is with everyone else. THIS IS WHY IT IS SO ABSOLUTELY CRITICAL THAT WE LOVE EACH OTHER AS WELL! BECAUSE EVERY TIME YOU LOVE SOMEONE YOU ARE BEING AN EXPRESSION OF GOD TO THEM. And we all know that where God is, there is spiritual warfare won. Period! So loving people is the best and most effective form of spiritual warfare that you can do for anybody. I believe this is why Peter said in one of his epistles, "ABOVE ALL, keep FERVENT (hot, burning, glowing, fiery, vehement, impassioned, passionate, intense, eager, keen, zealous, and fierce) in your love for one another. " "Above all," he says, because He knows that it is our greatest weapon.

Be loved

"Love is the greatest weapon we have," said a friend of mine. True, but not loving, as much as BEING loved, is our greatest weapon.
It is only when we don't feel loved that we pick up our lives, feeling that we have to make something out of them ourselves. This is an action born out of fear. When we don't feel loved, we feel afraid. So we act against that fear. This is then called pride. And fear and pride are definitely not fruits of the Spirit. The fruits of the Spirit are produced in us when we are loved by God. When we are loved by Him, it is natural for us to then love, to be joyous, to have peace, to be patient with people, kind, good, faithful, gentle, and self controlled. All these things are easy when you feel, and know, you are loved. They only become difficult when we feel like we are not loved by Him. Think about it. How can you ever express those traits when you are feeling guilty or afraid?n How can you be full of love, and joy, when you are feeling like you have to perorm and work up your own spirituality? The only fruits that can come out of those emotions, spiritual states, are pride, born of fear, and subsequent works of the flesh. This is why the Bible says that faith works through love. Because it really does!

The lack of being loved is the epidemic of the world. I believe that most sin is born out of humanity's attempt to compensate for its lack of love. If people were loved like they were created to be, from day one, they would feel no need to do most of the crazy things that they do. I believe that they do most of those crazy things as a substitute, to try to meet that unmet need. We are made to be loved. We, human beings, are at our core, love receiving machines--- it's how we're built. We are built in the image of God, and that's how He's built. We are all, us and Him, primarily love receivers. This is why we need each other. This is why no one of us can go off and live in a cave by ourselves somewhere. We will, eventually, in some fashion or other, seek the love that we so real-ly need. It's not a want, it's a need, because that is how we are made.

So it's only when this need is not filled that we try to fill it ourselves, which is, technically, not possible. We cannot love ourselves. Not in the way that will fill that built in need to receive love. Because that place can only be filled by the love of another. Yes, it is possible to love ourselves in the sense that we do what is best for ourselves, agree with God in what he says about us, forgive ourselves when He forgives us, etc. But there is a place inside us, built in, that needs the love of another, or others. And THAT place inside of us, which is the most critical one of all, is one that we cannot fill ourselves. That is what I mean when I say that we cannot love ourselves. It is impossible.

And all manner of sin, brokenness, dysfunctionality, sickness, is born by us trying to love ourselves. As stated before, I believe this is the main problem with the world. We are all trying to love ourselves, because we've been, tragically, seperated from the source of that love that we all need right from the get go, namely God.

Love secures us. Love eases our worries, takes away our fears, and makes us whole people. The happiest, most functional people I have seen in my life are those who have been loved consistently, mainly by their parents/families, their entire lives. These people are the ones who seem to flow more effortlessly through life. Because they are living in God's perfect plan for human beings, in which you receive and give love all the time. He created this family structure as a place for us to experience His love in practical expression. And these people show forth the results! It is a beautiful thing to see, and I do not begrudge these people anything. I love to see them.

On the other hand, it is usually those who have experienced the least love who are the most dysfunctional, the loudest, brashest, most insecure, troublemakers, etc. etc. etc. And if you have the eyes to see it, you can recognize that this their attempt at filling that void that never got filled. These are the people who are trying the hardest to love themselves. And what is it that always brings these people around? Somebody loving them. We've all seen the movies where this happens. That's because this principle works. In any human being. It's always the same, because reality is always the same. Love NEVER fails. In Christianity or out of it. It ALWAYS works. It works in Muslims, Buddhists, athiests, agnostics, Jw's,... you name 'em. The Bible says that LOVE NEVER FAILS. Never. And the Bible is right!

See, sin is not so much human beings choosing on purpose to do bad things (although it is that at times). It's rather more of a default setting that comes out that hole that's left inside us where God's love should have been. So what is the solution to all this, and the purpose of me writing this essay? It is to propose a solution. To Christian and non-Christians alike. To everybody. And here it is.

Allow yourself to be loved.

I'll say it again for those of us who didn't quite get it. Allow yourself to be loved. Allow yourself to be loved.

I believe that this is the answer to the world and all its' problems. And it is, fortunately, what God is just dying to do. I mean that literally and figuratively. He is dying to do it figuratively, because that's who He is. He IS love. So how could He have any other motive towards you? It's impossible. I've said it before, and I'll say it again, that if you come to God, you will be loved. Period. Because it's all He can do. He is infinite love. It's who He is! And, of course, this love was brilliantly illustrated when He died for us literally as well.

Now, the key is to let Him. Now I can't tell you that I understand all how this works, or that I've got it all figured out, or that I even do it very well myself. All I know is that it's true. And it desperately needs to be done. We are all so love starved, and the only solution is for us to be loved.

And I mean all of us. All of humanity. Whether you believe in Jesus or not, or subscribe to my theology or not. I don't care, because if you are a human being, you need to be loved. You need it and there is no denying that. So my proposal to us all is to allow ourselves to be loved.


YOU NEED TO BE LOVED. More than you need to work hard, more than you need to read scripture, more than you need to go to church, MORE THAN ANYTHING. And I believe that God is fully able to do it, but we have to be willing to step down and let Him. And when I say step down, I mean stop all of our efforts at trying to earn it. LOVE CAN NEVER BE EARNED. Otherwise it would not be love!! Therefore, God can't love us when we are in that state. Because true love can not be earned. Otherwise it is not love!! It is a reward, something to be earned. And that's something other than love. And we must be willing to stop all of those things we do attempting to love ourselves. We have to be willing to take this HUGE leap, (and I do mean huge, because we're all so used to loving ourselves,) AND JUST STOP. STOP.

STOP, STOP, STOP.

Let's all say it together...whether you are a Christian, non-Christian, whatever... it doesn't matter--"God, right now I choose to stop whatever it is that I am doing in order to try and love myself, because it's obviously not working, and I'll let you love me."

The only reason we feel like God is not thinking about us all the time is due to OUR OWN screwed up beliefs, not His. He IS thinking about you all the time, and would LOVE to move in on your life and fill it with His love. It's only because we don't think He's like that that keeps us from receiving Him like that. Which, again, goes back to the root cause of it all, lack of love. We ARE made to be loved by Him like that, but because we're not used to it, we haven't thought it's real. BUT IT IS!!!!!!!!!! It only takes learning how to trust to enter into it.

Now... does this mean we are just supposed to sit in our houses and do nothing all day long, waiting for God to come down and love us? No. Life is for living, and we are supposed to be out there living it. BUT THE ONLY WAY TO BE MOTIVATED TO DO ANY OF IT CORRECTLY IS BY LOVE. So I DO advocate ceasing to do all those things that you do that are motivated by fear and guilt and any other jacked up, perverted, twisted motive.

Now I know that a lot of people will say something like, "How then is my spiritual life to be maintained? If I stop praying, stop fasting, stop reading the Bible, stop going to church, etc etc, how am I possibly going to maintain my spiritual walk?"

So God is foing to forget you.

Riiiiight.

This would be like you forgetting yourself in the morning when you wake up. This would be like you forgetting to feed yourself, forgetting to bathe yourself, clothe yourself, brush your teeth, go to the bathroom, etc. etc. etc. The Bible says that we are His body.

The only reason we feel like God is not thinking about us all the time is due to OUR OWN screwed up beliefs, not His. He IS thinking about you all the time, and would LOVE to move in on your life and fill it with His love. It's only because we don't think He's like that that keeps us from receiving Him like that. Which, again, goes back to the root cause of it all, lack of love. We ARE made to be loved by Him like that, but because we're not used to it, we don't think it's real. BUT IT IS!!!!!!!!!! It only takes learning how to trust to enter into it. Which, as I stated in one of my earlier posts, is another critical skill that we need to be taught, (as opposed to trying harder.)

God forgetting you would be like my cat forgetting that she wants to be fed in the morning...and later in the morning...and in the afternoon... and at night... and late at night. It's just not going to happen! It's an impossibility.

TRY IT AND FIND OUT!