I am here with you. I am in you. I have never left you. I will never leave you.
I do not condemn you when you sin, when you fail to follow me. I forgive and restore you. I do not fail you. My sacrifice is enough. My blood is all you need to be free from the wages of sin. Trust in what I did on the cross. Trust in my shed blood. That is all you need to be mine forever. You are mine forever because you have trusted and you have believed and received me. Now remember me. Remember who I am now to you because of the blood. I am your father, not your condemner. I am your lover and lord, friend, deliverer, rescuer, fountain of life, giver of peace, your brother, guide, teacher - patient teacher - one who delights in restoring you and smoothing out your rough places. The one who cleanses you - who takes pride in cleansing you until you are perfected in Christ.
Cleansing you is not a chore I dread. I don't roll my eyes with frustration, thinking, "here we go again". That is not my attitude. I feel delighted to cleanse you! I feel exhilarated to be working on your heart! To me, your heart is like a precious jewel. And I am working on making every facet of it polished and shiny - so that it reflects my face to the world. This is a labor of love for me! It is more than just a thing I do because I must. I do it because I love you so much and I enjoy it! I enjoy forming Christ in you! It is my pleasure to do so.
Please don't worry about tiring me out with your sins. I don't roll my eyes with a "here we go again" attitude. I want you to know that I am very patient with you, my lover and friend!
You won't run out of my patience. You are my child. I love you so. I wish you really knew how much. You would never worry again. You would never assume ungodly, unloving attitudes on me again. You would know so much peace and joy. Yes, you will know, but for now, I am patient to teach you, one day at a time. This is my delight - because you are my delight - yes, you.
I wrote these words down while I spent some time with God today, listening for Him. After re-reading it, Holy Spirit showed me the need to repent of assuming those ungodly, unloving attitudes on God. And so I did that, and asked that He come in and enter that place in my heart that had held onto those ungodly beliefs, and replace it with Himself, for He is truth and love. I believe He did as I asked!