Have you ever asked God what He thinks or feels about you?
When He looks at you, He smiles.
He doesn’t look at you with disappointment, telling you what you could’ve done or should’ve done, but instead, He is our Heavenly Father who looks at you and says,
“I am proud of you, I love you and I delight in you…”
He wants us to know that we are His masterpiece.
By knowing this truth of who we are in Christ and by picturing Him as a proud father, who loves us no matter what, no matter how many mistakes we make — our faith journey begins with a simple, “Yes”, to what He calls us to be —
to be good
to be kind
to be loved
to love one another
to be who He’s made you to be
to be His sword
to not be afraid
to not worry
to never give up
to know that you are enough
and to truly believe that He loves you no matter what!
Once you know how much you are loved and how much He is alive inside you (by inviting Him into your heart), that is when the miracles He has planned for us work through us and in our lives….
And He delights in you.
𝘐𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘢𝘩 62:3-5 (𝘕𝘓𝘛)
“𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘓𝘰𝘳𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘪𝘯 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘦𝘦— 𝘢 𝘴𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘥 𝘤𝘳𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘎𝘰𝘥. 𝘕𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘣𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘥 “𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘍𝘰𝘳𝘴𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘯 𝘊𝘪𝘵𝘺” 𝘰𝘳 “𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘋𝘦𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘓𝘢𝘯𝘥.” 𝘠𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 “𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘊𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘎𝘰𝘥’𝘴 𝘋𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵” 𝘢𝘯𝘥 “𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘉𝘳𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘎𝘰𝘥,” 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘓𝘰𝘳𝘥 𝘥𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘪𝘮 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘴 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘥𝘦. 𝘠𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘯 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘪𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶, 𝘖 𝘑𝘦𝘳𝘶𝘴𝘢𝘭𝘦𝘮, 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘩𝘪𝘮𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘥𝘦. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘎𝘰𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘳𝘦𝘫𝘰𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘰𝘮 𝘳𝘦𝘫𝘰𝘪𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘥𝘦.”
extraordinary rather than ordinary 