1 John 3:16

I haven't been here in ages.

Life seems radically different now compared to the life I was leading before!

It was a bad time, most of last year...
But God allowed me to suffer then.
He hid Himself from me so that this year I would recognise:
even my clinging to Him is only a result of His grace.
Thanks be to God!!!
He has been so merciful to me.

I am still trying to get a grasp on His love.
What it is.
What it's like.
I know I don't understand well enough yet,
because if I did,
my life would be much different.

"This is love for God: to obey His commands." - 1 John

"We know that we have come to know Him if we obey His commands." - 1 John

To obey.
To love is to obey.
This is a really challenging sort of love...

But it has been so fulfilling.
Often I'm still too afraid to step out of my shell,
but I'm learning.
Whenever I take that step,
I have never regretted it.

"I consider everything a loss compared to the surpassing greatness of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whose sake I have lost all things. I consider them rubbish, that I may gain Christ and be found in Him." - Philippians 3

I need to go deeper.
Jesus Christ is living water.
Jesus Christ is the bread of life.
Only He can truly satisfy...

The more I chase after other things (things other than Jesus Christ)
the less they satisfy me.
The more of those things I get, the emptier I become...

Only Jesus Christ can satisfy.

I love my Lord. :)