This article first appeared on The Redbud Post an online magazine put together by a wonderful group of Christian writers. Start reading here and click to read 6 ways to live like you’re loved.
I sat at my computer, trying desperately to come up with a few words that made sense. But nothing came. I felt empty. Overwhelmed. Beaten down. I questioned my ability to write. My power to keep going. My worth as a person.
These feelings were not new. In fact, they had appeared so often that I had a go-to remedy for this malady of the soul. I reached for a stack of cards that I keep on my desk and read these words:
“The Lord your God is in your midst,
a mighty one who will save;
he will rejoice over you with gladness;
he will quiet you by his love;
he will exult over you with loud singing” (Zephaniah 3:17).
I read each word slowly and meditated on the truth of God’s love for me. God was with me—even in my frustrations. His mighty power can save me—even from my gloom. He rejoices over me—even if I can’t come up with a cogent sentence. He quiets me with his love—his stillness calms my distracted soul. He loves me—so much that he sings love songs to my heart.
I set the card back on the stack and took a deep breath. Words did not magically jump onto the screen. Deadlines did not disappear. But I could cope. I could rejoice in my identity as a beloved daughter of God and work from a place of worth instead of a frenzied state of trying to prove myself.
I was learning to live like I’m loved.
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