Desired

Sometimes we desperately want someone to have the same desire for us as we have for them.

But there is nothing we can do.

We can't force them into it.

Begging doesn't work.

If they fake it, you can tell.

You ache for them, but there is nothing in your power to cause them to feel the same toward you.

The idea struck me, "I wonder if God feels the same way about us?"

Just think of how much He has done for us, how He longs to be our 'everything'.

But how much time do we actually give Him? How often do we sit in His presence and just be still? He has left us His precious word; how much do we value it? How much time do we spend reading, meditating or memorizing His love letters to us?

"...for the Lord, whose very name is Jealous, is a God who is jealous about his relationship with you." ~Exodus 34:14

“I have loved you, my people, with an everlasting love. With unfailing love I have drawn you to myself" ~ Jeremiah 31:3

"He is a mighty savior. He will take delight in you with gladness. With his love, he will calm all your fears. He will rejoice over you with joyful songs."
~ Zephaniah 3:17

God's greatest desire:

"Jesus replied, “‘You must love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul, and all your mind.’ This is the first and greatest commandment."

~Matthew 22:37-38

But we are broken, sinful and dirty. A perfect God can not tolerate the presence of sin.

He took care of that.

^"But God showed his great love for us by sending Christ to die for us while we were still sinners." ~ Romans 5:8

I don't know what is wrong with us that we avoid such a perfect & complete love! Why do we chase after something on this earth, when deep down we know it will never satisfy.

We tell ourselves, 'God is spirit. I want a human that I can touch and see'.

But no human can give the perfect love that God does. No human can know us like Him.

He never forces us to come to Him. He quietly waits.

I can tell you this: In those times where I feel needy and vulnerable and want to be desired. I try to put myself in God's place. He has an Ann shaped "hole" that I often leave empty. He desires me! What am I waiting for?

Then I turn to God and give Him my time and allow Him to fill me with His love.

I have never went away still longing. I have been filled.