The Journey

The Lord has been taking me on a journey. A journey to show me what is truly important.

"Teacher, which is the great commandment in the Law?"

And he said to him, "You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.

This is the great and first commandment.

And a second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself."

-Matthew 22:36-39

My story began less than five years ago, when the Creator of the universe ignited within me a desire to know Him. Not just mentally, but intimately. Like a lover desires to know her beloved.

This journey took me to places I had never known before. I let go of certain things I knew my Beloved did not like, and added practices I thought would please Him. I met people who encouraged me on my quest, people who loved Him as I did.

I sought Him diligently, and He sought me too.

Then, suddenly, my journey came to a stop. In my desire to know Him, I lost track of what love is. I stopped seeking Him. Exhaustion and weariness overcame me. Fear struck.

But He did not stop. He sought me. He continues to seek me.

He picked me up, and into His arms I ran.

His perfect faithfulness never ceases.

Oh, how He loves us so!

It is here my story resumes.