This morning’s devotional reading spoke loudly with my soul, and I feel compelled to record the entire message here:

Let me show you who you are

You think there are different versions of you, some that are better than others. The version you are right now is never the one you want to be. Let’s get to the root of that. For I see deeper; I see you, not segmented versions of you. And I like what I see. 

I am in you. I am the one who has made you. The complete you, the whole you, the true you. You, with all your mistakes and regrets and desires for second-chances and do-overs. 

Letting go of the idea that there is a better version of you just around the corner, waiting to be born and realized, or that the better version of you is in the past, when you were younger and stronger and had the whole world ahead, will help you see the wild beauty and strength of you now. 

For I am in you now, and I am speaking to you now, and I am helping you now. Who I see right now is the truest part of you. Let Me show you who you are. Let Me help you hear you. Let Me help you trust you. Let Me help you listen to you. Let Me help you love you. Begin there. With love. Living knowing you are loved will be what makes you abandon the striving and the regretting, the looking for another version of you to surface. Look deeper now. See you. I adore you. I love who I see.” 

In one word, what is your reaction to this message?

My reaction

Mind: I’m not sure how this relates to me. It seems entirely focused on letting God take the lead, which I’ve been practicing for a long time. I feel like I’ve fully explored myself, and I’m not satisfied with what I’ve found. So, I empty myself to make room for God to fill. It’s the same old message to me.

Heart: I immediately recognized this as the beginning of a new lesson for my soul. I don’t fully understand it yet, but I know it’s heavenly good. 

And this verse came to mind:

“You should not be surprised at my saying, ‘You must be born again.’ The wind blows wherever it pleases. You hear its sound, but you cannot tell where it comes from or where it is going. So it is with everyone born of the Spirit.” John 3:7-8 (NIV)

I am feeling the effects of the wind right now, but yet do not know where it is going.