May 28

Relax, everything’s going to be all right; rest, everything’s coming together; open your hearts, love is on the way”! Jude 1:2 (MSG)

We may have waited, all or most of our life, for love to come. And then when it came, the pain that came with it caused us to push it away. Life, and a string of broken hearts, or promises, can teach us to close the door, and close it tight! It is better this way. Safer. We may not feel fully alive as we had hoped, but at least we are not paralyzed by the pain.
 
Then Jesus comes, His voice soft and sure, full of promise and hope, and whispers to our hurting heart, “Trust Me. Rest. Everything is going to be okay. My love has come to rescue you. My love is on the way”. He gently beckons us if we can, to open our hearts wide and believe. “I am safe”, He says, “Good things are ahead and you are not going to want to miss one little bit!”
 
You can trust Him cherished child, for He is trustworthy in every way. No matter what you have known before—in the midst of all you have dreamed or hoped for—it is now, in the fullness of His love, that everything is going to work out right! Your heart is in His hands and, lovely one, there is no better place for it to be!
 
His is a love that will build you up, not tear you down. Support, encourage, and cheer you on. A love that is for you at all times, not set against you—a love that does not care who you were, but is completely focused on who you are made to be!
 
Pure, true, abiding love, in unlimited measure, always available. Lean into it today, dearest heart, that is His heaven-sent provision and His deepest desire for you. In Him you are accepted, chosen and cherished, and you most wondrously and gloriously belong!

Prayer: 

Jesus, I ask Your forgiveness for all the ways and times I have closed my heart to love—first and foremost to Your love, for I know that You are good and You are kind and Your love heals and never hurts.
 
Then all the ways I closed it off from the love You were trying to send, due to fear, uncertainly, and wounds of the past.
 
I open my heart to You today Precious Lord. To be loved by You and by others too and to love in the life-giving and unconditional ways that You do.
 
Jesus, You are my all in all. I trust my heart to You.