"(We are blissfully safe:) that is to say, full pleased with God and with all His works, and with all His judgments, and loving and peaceable with our self and with our even-Christians and with all that God loveth, as love beseemeth. And this doeth God’s Goodness in us."
Julian of Norwich (ch. 49)
What does it mean to be experiencing the bliss of our salvation? It is to be pleased with God and His works, understanding that He is all love and never harms or does violence. It is to be pleased with all His judgments, knowing that His judgment is positive, calling the whole world innocent and clean. It is to be loving and peaceful with ourselves, accepting ourselves just as we are and seeing ourselves as God's good children, because we know God loves and accepts us just as we are as His good children. It is to be loving and peaceful with all people, because we know that they too are all God's children, loved and accepted by God and therefore we are all one big family of God. We don't have to strive to be like this or work at it. God's goodness naturally produces this effect in us. His unconditional love and grace naturally softens our hard edges, eases our tension, dissolves self-hatred and calms any anger. We find ourselves relaxed and able to enjoy God, ourselves and others. We love as Christ first loved us. This is the beautiful result of God's grace and love within us. This is what true Christianity is all about: not judging and harshness and rules and punishment, but love and grace and peace and unity! This is the birthright of every child of God, this is what it's like to be in God's family, this is God's love goal and promise that He will fulfill in us!
"We love because He first loved us."
1 John 4:19 (NIV)
A Prayer: Because You love me, I love myself and other people.