Wednesday, December 23, 2015

Daddy's Feet


He looks down at his princess,  His beloved.  Lost in this moment, wanting it to last forever, He stretches His arms around her, seeking a tighter grip.  Right here, right now, His beloved little girl dances with Him, and seeks him out.  This moment is a sliver of time that will pass all too quickly.  His love is reflected in His eyes as He laughs with her.  As He holds her tight, He holds onto the little girl who will grow into a woman before His very eyes.  His love surrounds her as He takes the next step that has been prepared for her.  He leads her into new places, places she has never been before.  In the safety of His arms he leads her into the matters of the heart.  How to love.  How to trust.  How to give and how to take. How to dance the dance we call “life”.  He holds her and takes another step. She wobbles and almost falls, but His arms catch her.   She will fall sometimes.  She will get bruised sometimes and, He knows that.  He knows that He has to let her grow up.  But right here and right now. He can protect her and He can hold her and He can keep the whole wide world away while He dances with His princess. 
 If you close your eyes, you can hear the ripples of laughter that follow their dance steps.  You can imagine the arms that are holding, protecting, comforting.  Her head is thrown back and she laughs, out loud, with reckless abandon .  Her world is safe and carefree; her steps have been  prepared for her.  She dances with her Father.  He is always leading, allowing, holding and protecting.   The world slips  further away with each step.  With each step the profound love that He has for her seeps into her, like water on desert sand.  With each step she grows more aware of her inheritance of love.    In His arms she is a beloved princess and her worldly rags fall away.  In her Father’s loving arms  the bruises that the world has dealt her are soothed away with the balm of laughter, acceptance and love.
She has captured His heart  with their dance, with her laughter, with her eyes and with her very nature.  This dance will last forever, as she dances out different relationships in her life.  As she takes this purity and trust out into the world, she will dance some dances with some partners that will knock her over.  Some dances will leave her wounded and hurt.  Some dances will bring great joy for a season, and great pain in the morning.  
She will always have the security and the safety of Daddy’s feet to fall back on.  When the world licks at her and it is too hard to navigate the next step, she can release into the relationship of her heart.  She can step back up on Daddy’s feet and let His arms surround her and protect her.  She can rest her weary head on His chest and she can allow Him to lead her out of the circumstances and out of the pain.  Daddy’s feet can be trusted to guide you onto solid ground again.  Daddy’s feet can be trusted to prepare the way for a new day.  Right here and right now, He has you.  He knows you will dance away into the world again.  He knows you have to dance in the world.  But for right now, He holds on a little tighter and He loves a little stronger, because His princess has been hurt, and that hurts Him.  Drawing together you dance out of the circumstances that have bound you, on the safety of Daddy’s feet.  He waits for the day that you will come to Him, take His hand, and dance with your own feet.  He waits for the day that you will be His partner and you will dance in a symphony of grace, movement and love.  But for now, He just holds on a little tighter and He protects His beloved.

Shores of His Grace


Until the day breaks and the shadows flee away, return hastily, O my beloved,  and be like a gazelle or a young hart as you cover the mountains which seperate us"
Song Of Sol
Imagine that you have just committed a sin, and you are standing at the edge of the ocean. You cast that sin out into the ocean and watch it bob out to sea.....satan would have you believe that you are casting that sin out into the eternal wretchedness of all of your past sins, that it is just one more in the pile. Imagine that sin being a soda can...in this reality...it never breaks down and never goes away. It is bobbing along, with all of your other sins. Sometimes, it will wash back up on the shores of your heart, and it will stab you with guilt and remorse, as you remember the sin. Once the damage is inflicted, it floats back out to the sea of wretchedness. The tides bring in other sins that awaken the sense of guilt and dread. Satan would have you NEVER forget the past sins, He is the accuser of the brethren...he will remind you and pull those sins out of the sea of wretchedness, to torment you, if you let him.
But, here is the reality. You stand on the shores of God's grace, mercy and love. You see the sin, recognize it and repent from it, and cast it off into the ocean of God's love...it is erased for all eternity, through His blood. Our God takes those sins and they disappear into the great expanse of His grace! The only thing that is lapping onto the shores of your heart is God's love, forgiveness and mercy.
If satan is beating you up with the day you have had, with things you have done in the past, with old junk....stand on the shores of God's love today, apologize, and cast the sins into His grace. Change your ways at the shoreline and choose to make different choices. If you have already cast that sin into the waves of God's grace....satan is just beating you up...because God doesn't even remember that sin...if you are clean before the Father - then you are clean. Silence the attack of the enemy...get yourself back to the shoreline of His grace - and see the expanse of the crystal blue waters...see the expanse of God's love for you and His forgiveness. It is FINISHED, when you cast it into His expanse.....silence the enemy with truth!!
1John 1:9
If we confess our sins,He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness
Ephesians 1:7
In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of His grace.
If you find yourself being beat up, recite the truth- the scriptures above, out loud------ and silence the voice of the enemy!  He holds His hand out to YOU and asks that you would enter into a Symphony of His grace today....

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