A LETTER FROM THE PASTOR

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Let Your God Love You

Be silent.

Be still.

Alone.

Empty

Before your God.

Say nothing.

Ask nothing.

Be silent.

Be still.

Let your God look upon you.

That is all.

God knows.

God understands.

God loves you

With an enormous love,

And only wants

To look upon you

With that love.

Quiet.

Still.

Be.

Let your God—

Love you.

- Edwina Gateley

I came across this poem the other day and it

kind of stopped me in my tracks. How often do

we do this, just be still and let God love us? Sit

in one spot and just be silent before God.

Most often our time with God is spent praying

for others, their needs, their health, healing,

and wholeness. Sometimes we remember

ourselves in prayer though that seems harder to

do. But to just sit and let God love us…without

justifying what we have done and left

undone…without feeling guilt…without feeling

shame…just sit in silence and let God love us.

Wow!

Let’s try it together…imagine yourself quietly

sitting in your favorite spot. Quiet yourself,

turn off the cell phone, put down the tablet and

turn off the computer. Let go of all that must

be done today, tomorrow and the day after.

Let go of your fears and worries...

Isaiah, when confronted with this kind of love

said he was undone. We become undone too

when we really let God look upon us. But our

undone-ness opens us up to the possibility of

beginning again, of a new start, with God

directing our steps.

May God bless us with the courage to let our

God love us in the coming year.

On the Journey,

Pastor Debbie