Beautiful girl...I see you.
I see all the love you pour into your family.
I see all the ways you put them first.
I see all your work.
I see the things you are fighting for.
Did you know I partner with you as you dream and create and put your hands to the things you feel called to?
I see you.
I don’t just see the things you do.
I see you.
I am inviting you to come to a place beside me where we laugh and cry, talk and dream, create and plan, fight the battles, work and rest...but we do it together.
Did you catch that last part? I said rest.
The definition of rest itself is interesting:
To cease work or movement in order to relax, refresh oneself, or recover strength.
I myself needed rest on the seventh day, did I not?
After I created everything, I rested.
There’s more:
The definition of rest can also be described as:
To be placed or supported so as to stay in a specified position.
Awww yes...now we’re talking.
Do you know who you are my dear girl?
Do you understand your position?
If you do not, I can see where your striving comes from. I can see that your anxiety comes from a place of unnecessary independence and girl...I am not glorifying independence here.
Yes my dear, you are strong, you are capable, but I never called you to do this life like that.
I created you for me and me for you.
When I created the world, I walked arm in arm with you.
We enjoyed the earth together.
We worked yes, (it’s a lot of work to take care of an earth!) but we enjoyed each other‘s company more.
You said, “I need more.”
You said “I want the power & the glory for my own.”
You are saying “When did I say that?”
You said that when you participated in taking the fruit that claimed it would give you my attributes.
You thought you were helping me.
It’s OK, I understand, I made you after all, but the funny thing is...I already made you in my image.
You didn’t have to do that.
It separated us at the time because it is against my will for you to take on the role of God that I alone, keep.
I created you as a human ‘being.’
I asked that you reflect my nature.
You are to ‘be’, not ‘do’.
I did not expect for you to carry the weight of the world on your shoulders.
It’s ok I understand & I have already fixed it!
I know you.
I knew you before the foundations of the earth!
I know how much you have to offer this world!
How it pleases me to watch you reflect my goodness.
I chased after you then,
I am chasing after you still.
Will you come away with me?
Will you sit down and talk to me?
Will you allow me to fill you up with all my good things I have for you?
I have all of eternity in my hands.
Everything that ever has been and everything that ever will be is because of me.
You are not just a speck on a tiny blue dot.
You are my baby girl, and I love you so.
Don’t you see who you are?
Those of the Royal household do not wonder if the table will be set and where the bounty came from. They rest easy as all their needs are provided for them.
I am not encouraging you in laziness, but I am asking you to put aside your understanding of where your bounty comes from.
I am the creator of the bounty am I not?
Where does the fruit come from... is it not provided by me?
Your thoughts, your ideas, your patience, the love you have to pour into the world: all from me.
Have you ever said to a mountain “Move” and it moved?
No.
On your own you will never move mountains.
I am the creator of mountains.
I am the creator of the sea.
I am the creator of the universe and every thing you know.
Every person you know and will ever know, every job you have done or will ever do, every need you have or will ever have.
I care about at all.
Please, come to me and you will find rest.
You will find rest in knowing that I am by your side.
You will find rest in knowing I am partnering with you.
You will find rest in knowing I go before you, I walk beside you and I hem you in.
You will find rest in knowing I will provide for all your needs.
You will find rest in knowing that no earthly success will ever fill you, unless it was ordained by me.
That takes the pressure off doesn’t it?
So go ahead and ask me, talk to me, what is troubling you?
Lay it all before me and together we will sort it out.
When you are weary, go to sleep, and I will take care of it for you because guess what?
I do not grow weary.
In me you will find sweet sleep.
In me you will be fulfilled.
Go ahead now, place your hand in mine...
You are my baby girl.
You are my princess.
Papa has you taken care of.
Don’t you forget who you are.
Remain in your position, oh daughter of the King.
Loved, known, cared for, under the shelter of my wing.