dailydatewithgod

God holds.  As a child I loved that song, “Whole World in His Hand.”  I used to picture this massive hand of God holding me like a little miniature doll.  Something about that picture allowed me to feel safe and protected as though nothing could get to me.  My actual experience was mixed.  I had a roof over my head, parents who loved me, and a father who would come into my room at night sometimes and do things fathers don’t normally do to their daughters.  I never knew when it would happen so I spent most of the time being afraid.  As an adult who had buried those memories deep for a long time I never understood why I felt an underlying lack of safety.  I conveniently created a safe barrier of weight around my body as an illusionary protection device.  When that started to kill me, I had to find a different way.  Part of my recovery process has been in trusting in God’s safety.  Not a safety that nothing bad will ever happen or touch me, but the sense of sureness that no matter what happens on the outside, it does not change the core of who I am.  My true innocence of love that began before I took human form was not nor could ever be changed by someone or something outside of me. God resides in the place of origin in my heart and vibrates my essence of love and always has.  I can be reminded of this when I return to the space of love in my heart and find God’s hand to rest in once again.

My prayer for us is the courage to recognize that our sense of safety lies not in the sureness of no harm but the truth of knowing that nothing outside of us can undo what God has created within us today.

If God holds us in love at all times and sees us as love at all times and spaces, how can God assure you of your own safety in being the love you are today?  Share in the comments.