"That [treasure] was grounded in the Lord in marvelous deepness of endless love, but it was not all to His worship till the Servant had thus nobly prepared it, and brought it before Him in himself present.
Julian of Norwich (Ch. 51)
We are always God's dear treasure, the ones He loves to show off, like a bride shows off her jewels or a king shows off his crown! We are grounded in God, securely rooted and sourced in His presence, His love, His life. The deepest and truest thing about our life is not sin or brokenness but endless love, love that holds all our thoughts, concerns and even failures in its gentle and accepting arms, love that holds our past, our present, and our future safely and securely. Our whole life is founded on God's forever love for us. That is the truth about our life, no matter what other things are going on with us. The parts of us that have lost sight of that love, that have been wounded by life's difficulties, that have forgotten what it is like to be unconditionally loved and accepted with no chance of rejection, those parts have been embrace and healed, rescued and restored by Christ. No matter how broken we feel we still are, no matter how we feel about ourselves right now, whether we see ourselves as ruined, or in process, recovering, or whole, Christ has already taken up our cause and healed our wound and presented us perfectly flawless and whole and complete in heaven. He has presented us sound, and strong, and beautiful, and alright, presented us in Himself so that we are secure in that condition, assured that it will never change and that we will never be lost or ruined ever again. We may not see it perfectly here and now on earth, but we will, because heaven's reality overwhelms and surpasses this world's reality just as heaven surpasses earth in glory and strength.
Let's relax in His arms today, because no matter what we are going through, everything is perfect in Christ, and that's where we are today. We are enjoying heaven's bliss. We don't have any problems, hangups, or losses. All is healed, all is restored, all is well, and God is going to manifest that completely, whether now or later. But we will see it. There is nothing wrong with us and nothing wrong with our relationship with God. Every broken place in us we can embrace and love because we have found that we were never really broken to God. We have always been whole to Him. We have always been innocent. We have always been loved. Nothing on this earth could change that. Nothing ever did and nothing ever will!
"You are God's special treasure."
1 Peter 2:9 (NIRV)
A Prayer: Thank You for showing me that brokenness isn't the deepest thing about me. The deepest thing about me is love!