dailydatewithgod

God creates space for us to lean in.  It is a welcomed gesture from someone like me who has often veered towards pushing away.  When I find myself under stress and uncomfortable, I often feel like the world is closing in on me and I want to push back.  I want to shut people out and go into my little cocoon.  Until my dates with God it never occurred to me that I might be pushing away God’s arms of comfort.  What looked like an effort to make sure I was protected ended up being the very thing that kept the ultimate protection from reaching me.  God gestures for me to come closer when I want to put up my walls to protect me from what I perceive as a hostile world.  God quietly tugs at my heart and says I AM here.  I AM with you.  I AM within you.  God is calling on me to perceive my reality differently.  God’s protection which is about residing and taking comfort in the love of all that is, is what nurtures and restores my heart.  God’s protection is what allows me to gently move from the thinking of the world and all around me as hostile and the restoration of my own heart to the reality of love.

My prayer for us is the courage to draw into God’s protection which will create the restoration of love in our hearts that we are seeking when we want to push back today.

If God was offering the protection of your heart by reminding you of the love that resides in it, how would you like to be protected by God today?  Share in the comments.