"And right the same that we shall be without end, the same we were treasured in God and hid, known and loved from without beginning."
Julian of Norwich (Ch. 53)
In heaven we will be treasured continually in God, enfolded completely in God, known fully by God, and loved infinitely by God. We can look forward to that experience of perfection in our relationship with God in heaven. But what a wonder to see that has always been true! We will exist in heaven in the very same way we have always existed - known, hid, treasured and loved by God. For God, nothing about us has had to change for Him to love or treasure of know or be with us. For God, we have always been perfect to Him, a perfect delight, perfectly loved and known, His perfect treasure, His perfect darling child. The idea that we could ever be separated from God, unloved, a disappointment to Him or unworthy of His affection is seen for what it truly is - just an illusion and a lie. Yes, our performance has gone up and down throughout our lives, but the fact is simply this - God doesn't look at performance or change in His stance toward or relationship with us based on our performance. He has a love that is truly unconditional, not depending on any condition in our lives, acts, thoughts, words or beliefs. He simply loves us the same and treats us the same always, for we are always the same to Him, beloved little children that He adores! We may not always feel Him with us, but He is with us always. We may feel that there is something wrong in our relationship with Him, but there never is. We may feel that we are not good enough, not special enough, to be treasured or approved by Him, but He always calls us special and always affirms us. We may feel we need to do something better, change something about ourselves, in order to be loved, but we are already loved right now, just as we always have been and always will be.
So we don't have to worry about what others think of us or try to prove ourselves to others, for God already thinks well of us. We don't have to compare ourselves to others and feel we don't measure up, or be jealous or resentful of others. For we are already ok and perfect to God. We already have His full endorsement. We don't have to try to make ourselves stand out or do some great thing to be special, for we are already special to God. We don't have to put others down to try to make ourselves look or feel better, because we couldn't be any better in God's eyes. The greatest, kindest, most important and most gentle Being of all absolutely adores us and can't see a single thing wrong with us, accepts us fully and pours out love and delight on us continually. If we could each only see how special we are to Him, we would never doubt or hate on ourselves again, and we would be able to relax in His love, relax and love ourselves and others. Life seems to mainly be about just coming to believe that we really are with God always and we really are loved and valued always by God! If we have trouble believing it, we don't have to worry, because through all of life God will be helping us, leading us, showing us the reality of our belovedness. It's His work to prove His love to us, and He will! He was willing to become flesh and die just to prove it, so wouldn't He do anything else that we individually need to prove that love to us personally? Yes, He would!
"Every single moment you are thinking of me! How precious and wonderful to consider that you cherish me constantly in your every thought! O God, your desires toward me are more than the grains of sand on every shore! When I awake each morning, you are still with me."
Psalm 139:17-18 (TPT)
A Prayer: Show me how much You love me!