Just the other day, I was having a conversation with one of my mentors. We were talking about the "absoluteness" of God's love and the spirit of servanthood; two totally different, but well-connected topics. One of the things I previously blogged about was my struggle with approval addiction. I struggled with an unhealthy desire to be approved by people for most of my life, to the point that it distorted my view of God's approval of me. Thankfully, God is now revealing the truth of His love to me each and everyday and one thing I know for sure now is that His love is not based on my performance. There's absolutely nothing I can do or not do to make Him love me any more or any less than He already does. His love is absolute...meaning it is complete, fulfilled and perfect. Follow me. So, we started to discuss how our human nature struggles with understanding and living that kind of love; Love not based on performance, but simply based on choice! We as human bein...
The past few weeks to months, I've found myself reflecting on where I am internally in life and I am overjoyed to the point of no words. I am so thankful for progress! I'm beginning to understand who God is more clearly and more vividly each and everyday. One thing I am sure of now is that He knows exactly what He is doing. I'm excited about life now because I see Him leading me through different situations, opening my eyes to see the truth, fashioning my heart to understand and opening my mind to His limitless nature! I can't even begin to describe how at peace I am with me. I have discovered a freedom in God that liberates me from the attitudes, perceptions and judgement of others that I've fallen in love with the me God created and approves of! For almost all of my life I struggled with approval addiction. I wanted everyone to like me, to love me, to be my friend, to encourage me, or just to be positive towards me in any manner. Well those with some life exper...